title: Quality assessment in private practice: the clinician as service provider.
abstract: Assessment of quality in the private practice setting may be difficult. The author has taken the view that service delivery is a key outcome of private clinician practice. A method of assessing service delivery in a private consultant physician practice setting is described.
authors.affiliation: Ballarat Gastroenterology, 1002 Mair St, Ballarat, Victoria 3350, Australia. grant@ballaratgastro.com.au
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Phelps
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000592:standards*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000592:standards*; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014739:Victoria