title: Preventing poor-quality medical care: knowledge/action disconsonance.
abstract: Studies to evaluate quality of hospital care by means of the method of criteria auditing have yielded dubious results. More evidence of its efficiency and effectiveness should be sought before action to adapt or adopt such methods in Australia could be taken.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D006760:Hospitalization; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000379:methods; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D010380:Peer Review / Q000379:methods; D011787:Quality of Health Care