Audit in general practice: how much and how complete? Frequency of audit in general practice.
The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of audit and the proportion completed in a group of practices. Data obtained by interviewing a member of each practice and inspecting practice records were independently coded by researchers. Practices initiated an average of 3.5 (range 1-7) audits in 2 years, of which an average of 0.9 (range 0-3) were completed. Ten of 16 completed audits were externally funded or facilitated. Few audits are completed in general practice and practices require continuing support for audit.
Dean
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Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
McKinley
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Farooqi
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D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D003625:Data Collection; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom