Audit of a general practice.
A clinical activities audit is a method of obtaining interesting information about one's general practice. It is likely to generate improvement in practice, thereby fulfilling the most important requirement of quality assurance, even in the absence of nationally accepted standards of general practice. A five-day audit of clinical activities in one practice is detailed, and some of the changes that this prompted in consultation time management, investigation and referral rates, and conditions managed are frankly discussed.
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Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Queensland.
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D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014600:Utilization Review