Using audit in a district-wide management system.
As a consequence of the NHS reforms, the budgeting and competitive tendering of clinical services between districts requires accurate accumulation of data. John Mosley and Roger Fairbanks describe how data obtained by clinicians from their own audit has been used to construct a casemix solution that provides the necessary financial information for a district.
Mosley
J
J
Leigh Infirmary.
Fairbanks
R
R
D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000379:methods; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004739:England; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*