[Pacemaker therapy in Austria: national register as a means of quality assurance].
Quality control of special medical interventions is indicated as well because of medical as economical reasons. This claim is only fulfilled in part. In Austria pacemaker treatment can be used as example for quality control: Number of first implantation; quality of data documentation; test indication: sinus node disease, carotis sinus syndrome; use of all stimulation modes, follow-up programme. Quality control requires also an appropriate organisation of pacemaker implanting hospitals. In addition financing of implantation should be reorganised.
Steinbach
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Medizinischen Abteilung mit Kardiologie und Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Arrhythmieforschung des Wilhelminenspitals, Wien. konrad.steinbach@3me.will.magwien.gv.at
D001317:Austria; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012042:Registries