title: Regional profile data as basis for social work audit.
abstract: Profile data obtained in a regional survey of social work practice have been used by one social work department of a general hospital to identify three problem areas of practice with patients whose discharges are delayed beyond medical necessity. The authors describe the department's analysis of the data, its identification of a topic of concern, and the subsequent steps taken in a departmental audit.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001900:Boston; D003625:Data Collection; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007902:Length of Stay; D009511:New England; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012962:Sociology, Medical