title: Clinical audit. Check-up time.
abstract: A survey of clinical audit in 21 trusts found wide variations in workload. The number of audits carried out in one year ranged from four to 218. Services most frequently audited were surgery, diagnostics, mental health and medicine. The average cost of an audit was 2,260 pounds. Most trusts reviewed progress on implemented agreed recommendations following an audit.
authors.affiliation: Public Services Audit Department, Coopers & Lybrand.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hansed
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011786:Quality Control; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D016526:Workload