Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Audit: historical and future perspectives
- 3 Audit philosophy
- 4 Medical audit: a view from the centre
- 5 Audit: a view from the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- 6 The regional viewpoint
- 7 Medical audit: the needs of the District Health Authorities
- 8 Resource management and budget holding
- 9 Unit and district information systems
- 10 Read codes and medical audit
- 11 Data capture direct from doctors
- 12 Computer systems: practice, limitations and pitfalls
- 13 Paediatric audit
- 14 Audit in obstetrics and gynaecology
- 15 Audit in general surgery
- 16 Orthopaedic audit: guidelines and hints
- 17 Installing audit in general practice and general dental practice
- 18 Clinical audit in psychiatry. Models for audit in mental health
- 19 Audit in anaesthesia
- 20 Audit in intensive care
- 21 Medical audit: lessons from the USA
- 22 Quality control in health care: the Dutch experience
- 23 Medical audit: experience from Sweden
- 24 Performance indicators
- 25 Measuring outcome and quality control
- 26 Audit: will it work?
- 27 What has been achieved so far?
- 28 A practical guide to audit
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Audit: historical and future perspectives
- 3 Audit philosophy
- 4 Medical audit: a view from the centre
- 5 Audit: a view from the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- 6 The regional viewpoint
- 7 Medical audit: the needs of the District Health Authorities
- 8 Resource management and budget holding
- 9 Unit and district information systems
- 10 Read codes and medical audit
- 11 Data capture direct from doctors
- 12 Computer systems: practice, limitations and pitfalls
- 13 Paediatric audit
- 14 Audit in obstetrics and gynaecology
- 15 Audit in general surgery
- 16 Orthopaedic audit: guidelines and hints
- 17 Installing audit in general practice and general dental practice
- 18 Clinical audit in psychiatry. Models for audit in mental health
- 19 Audit in anaesthesia
- 20 Audit in intensive care
- 21 Medical audit: lessons from the USA
- 22 Quality control in health care: the Dutch experience
- 23 Medical audit: experience from Sweden
- 24 Performance indicators
- 25 Measuring outcome and quality control
- 26 Audit: will it work?
- 27 What has been achieved so far?
- 28 A practical guide to audit
- Index
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- Medical Audit , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993