title: [Quality assurance and quality improvement in medical practice. Part 1. Definition and importance of quality in medical practice].
abstract: In Hungary, financing of healthcare has decreased relative to the GDP, while the health status of the population is still ranks among the worst in the European Union. Since healthcare financing is not expected to increase, the number of practicing doctors per capita is continuously decreasing. In the coming years, it is an important question that in this situation what methods can be used to prevent further deterioration of the health status of the Hungarian population, and within this is the role of the quality approach, and different methods of quality management. In the present and the forthcoming two articles those standpoints will be summarized which support the need for the integration of quality assurance in the everyday medical practice. In the first part the importance of quality thinking, quality management, quality assurance, necessity of quality measurement and improvement, furthermore, advantages of the quality systems will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Népegészségügyi Kar Megelőző Orvostani Intézet Debrecen Kassai út 26. 4028. s.godeny@sph.dote.hu
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Godény
mesh_terms: D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D005062:European Union; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000191:economics; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care