Clinical audit: Time for a reappraisal?

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 415-425

  Hopkins, Anthony ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b St Bartholomew's Roy London S   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTRACT SERVICES; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030226751     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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