title: A quality assurance programme.
abstract: Some critics consider quality assurance (QA) programmes and medical audit inappropriate for India's diverse hospitals; others feel that they are vital tools for the optimisation of scarce resources. The Indian Hospital Association successfully initiated a QA programme for its teaching hospitals, the preparation and results of which are described here along with the reproduction of the questionnaire used.
mesh_terms: D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards*; D007194:India; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires