Using quality assurance to meet the challenge of economic change.
The processes of quality assurance address a range of issues relating to the economics of hospital management. Size of hospital, role delineation, types and quantities of services delivered can all be analysed from a quality assurance perspective. Quality assurance processes can then be used first to identify and then to facilitate the introduction and implementation of economic changes in health services delivery.
School of Health Services Management, University of New South Wales, Australia.
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D001315:Australia; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*