Trial and Audit: A Confusion of Aims and Method
Adrian Bull
(Yorkshire Health, Harrogate, UK)
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Abstract
Clinical audit is the analysis of whether a predetermined standard of care is achieved over a given period of time. Evaluation of methods of care is an analysis of the benefits that might be expected to accrue from a particular method of treatment by statistical analysis of observations made on sample populations. The two activities have very different aims and approaches; they should not be confused.
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Citation
Bull, A. (1991), "Trial and Audit: A Confusion of Aims and Method", Journal of Management in Medicine, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 36-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/02689239110136054
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1991, MCB UP Limited