Research Article
Analysis of Medical Opinions about the Nonrealization of Autopsies in a Mexican Hospital Using Association Rules and Bayesian Networks
Table 2
Summary of the survey applied to the medical staff.
| Aspects | Questions | Code | Type of question | Generated categories |
| Medical training | Area | area | Closed | 3 | Grade | grade | Closed | 3 | General medicine training center | gral_med_inst | Closed | 47 | Medical specialty training center | spec_ins | Closed | 47 |
| Medical experience | Years of medical practice | years_pract | Closed | 5 | Participation in autopsy cases | cases | Closed | 5 |
| Discoveries in autopsies | Cause discrepancy with the clinical diagnoses | disc_findings | Closed | 5 | Originate in claim cases | dem_findings | Closed | 5 | Originate in arbitration cases | arb_findings | Closed | 5 |
| Request of autopsies | Motives for autopsy acceptance | aut_reason | Open | 26 | Motives for autopsy rejection | reason_no_aut | Open | 27 | Motives for autopsy rejection by family | fam_rejection | Closed | 9 | Motives for not enough autopsies performed in the hospital | no_hosp | Closed | 8 |
| Procedure to request an autopsy | Suitable staff to request an autopsy | staff_request_aut | Closed | 6 | Efficient methods to request an autopsy | method_request_aut | Closed | 14 |
| General aspect | Comments | com_sug_op | Open | 25 |
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