title: [Quality control of health care: epidemiological aspects].
abstract: Quality control in health care should be performed by health professionals. To do so they must define indicators, set up studies aimed at measuring and analyzing quality of care, and implement quality assurance programs in health care systems. The elements of a quality improvement program of this kind are described, with special emphasis on the contribution of epidemiology in this field.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de médecine, Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive, Lausanne.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paccaud
mesh_terms: D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010380:Peer Review; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care