Are audits wasting resources by measuring the wrong things? A survey of methods used to select audit review criteria

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-28

  Hearnshaw, H M ^a   Harker, R M ^b   Cheater, F M ^c   Baker, R H ^d   Grimshaw, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b National Children's Bureau   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037323815     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.12.1.24     Document Type: Article

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