A comprehensive quality assurance system for practicing dentists.
A comprehensive outcome-oriented quality assurance methodology manual has been developed for use by practicing dentists. The audit consists of four parts. Provision for immediate feedback to providers in order to monitor behavior change is a critical part of the review process as is the emphasis on the appropriateness of care dimension, a relatively unexplored area of quality assurance activity.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003729:Dental Care / Q000592:standards*; D003792:Dental Records; D003815:Dentists / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008485:Medical Audit; D009909:Oral Health; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care