Quality assurance in hospitals.
The scarcer resources are in a hospital, the more carefully the quality of the services rendered--the type and the extent--must be ensured by means of resolute control. We must not reach a point where sparse resources lead to a poorer quality in services or where patients do not receive the treatment required. In this article the author gives a survey of the various methods of quality rating, giving the individual hospital the possibility of comparison with other hospitals.
D005860:Germany, West; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012015:Reference Standards