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Descriptor English: Clinical Audit
Descriptor Spanish: Auditoría Clínica
Descriptor auditoría clínica
Scope note: Revisión y evaluación detalladas de historias clínicas seleccionadas por personal profesional cualificado a fin de mejorar la calidad de la atención al paciente y los resultados. La auditoría clínica se introdujo formalmente en 1993 en el Servicio Nacional de la Salud del Reino Unido.
Descriptor Portuguese: Auditoria Clínica
Descriptor French: Audit clinique
Entry term(s): Audit, Clinical
Audits, Clinical
Clinical Audits
Tree number(s): N04.761.700.250
N05.700.175
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054869
Scope note: A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel to improve the quality of patient care and outcomes. The clinical audit was formally introduced in 1993 into the United Kingdom's National Health Service.
Annotation: general; prefer specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
Related: Clinical Governance MeSH
DeCS ID: 52959
Unique ID: D054869
NLM Classification: W 84.4
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Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Clinical Audit - Preferred
Concept UI M0508471
Scope note A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel to improve the quality of patient care and outcomes. The clinical audit was formally introduced in 1993 into the United Kingdom's National Health Service.
Preferred term Clinical Audit
Entry term(s) Audit, Clinical
Audits, Clinical
Clinical Audits



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