Quality assurance for alcoholism treatment.
Mechanisms that seek assurance of quality care at reasonable cost include utilization review, accreditation, certification, licensure, and patient care audit. Within the social rehabilitative field, it is probably safe to say that only alcoholism has developed and implemented what might be considered the majority of the significant elements of a quality assurance program.
D000068:Accreditation; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D011787:Quality of Health Care