title: The relationship between evaluative research and audit.
abstract: Evaluative research and audit are distinct activities with different goals. However, they are interrelated in four ways: research provides a basis for defining good-quality care for audit purposes; audit can provide high-quality data for nonexperimental evaluative research; research into the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of audit is needed to establish the value of different interventions; and, in common with other research areas, evaluative research needs to be audited to ensure high-quality work is performed. Recognition of the unique and interrelated roles of research and audit will be of benefit to both endeavours.
authors: Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D008485:Medical Audit