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Quality in healthcare in the United Kingdom: lessons for Australia
Author(s) -
Duggan John M
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127680.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , kingdom , quality (philosophy) , audit , health care , political science , business , public administration , accounting , law , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , biology
The United Kingdom has a strong emphasis on quality in healthcare and clinical audit. Many quality activities are funded by the government but managed by professional bodies, a model that should be trialled in Australia.