Autopsies have been on the decline for decades. See this article:
I think it is a mistake. I think there should be an independent organization with a separate budget to perform autopsies for medical quality control.
The percentage of deaths that get autopsies does not need to be very high -- possibly 1 or 2%. However they need to be done against standards. The data collected needs to go into a database, and there should be enough randomness in the sampling technique to insure that deaths all over the country are subject to autopsies.
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