Consumer protection... the realities of medical audit.
The concept of medical audit is an extension of consumer philosophy, writes Ron McKay, but if you are paying for someone else's treatment how do you ensure your money has been spent correctly? In the United States the answer was auditing treatment and medical competence. In the light of the Royal Commission's recommendation for a greater degree of urgency in implementing medical audit here he asks how much can be learned from the US?
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008485:Medical Audit; D011640:Public Policy; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States