The total health care audit system: A systematic methodology for clinical practice evaluation and development in NHS provider organizations

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-64

  Miles, Andrew ^a,b   Bentley, Paul ^c   Price, Nicholas ^d   Polychronis, Andreas ^c   Grey, Joseph ^e   Asbridge, Jonathan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Change implementation; Clinical guidelines; Evidence based medicine; Methodology; Organization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0030072557     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.1996.tb00027.x     Document Type: Review

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