Error codes at autopsy to study potential biases in diagnostic error.
Autopsies are integral to detection of major diagnostic errors (DE). In this study, 852 autopsies containing one or more DE were investigated for potential gender and/or racial bias. From 2012-2015, DE rates were higher for women compared to men, but no significant effect of race was observed. From 2015-2019, however, there were no significant differences by gender, but patients identified as non-white showed higher rates of DE.