title: [Value of current quality assurance for surgery].
abstract: In a quality assurance project in Westfalia-Lippia more than 200,000 data of surgical patients with one of the following tracer diagnoses have been analyzed: inguinal hernia, hip fracture and cholecystectomy. Results of the analysis and improvements in outcome are presented. Further developments in the field of quality assurance are being discussed.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hupe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wenning
mesh_terms: D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005858:Germany; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*