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  • Title: Medical audit activity in primary and secondary care in the west of Scotland.
    Author: Kinn SR, Smith PJ.
    Journal: Health Bull (Edinb); 1996 May; 54(3):252-7. PubMed ID: 8707570.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: To look at the level of activity and motivation towards audit in primary and secondary care in the West of Scotland. DESIGN: An anonymised postal questionnaire survey. SETTING: Area covered by six Health Boards in West of Scotland. SUBJECTS: 150 GPs and 150 hospital-based clinicians randomly selected from two departmental databases. RESULTS: There appears to be a rule of diminishing returns in operation where half of those involved in audit have completed a project and half again have repeated a project. The current level of activity is significantly higher in secondary than primary care (chi 2 p = 0.05). There is significantly more audit activity in teaching than non-teaching hospitals (chi 2 p = 0.01) and significantly more GPs from larger practices have been involved in audit than those from smaller practices (chi 2 p = 0.05). All of those involved in audit have set standards. Levels of motivation towards audit were significantly higher amongst hospital-based clinicians than general practitioners (chi 2 p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: There has been a widespread involvement in audit in both primary and secondary care in the West of Scotland, but activity and enthusiasm or motivation are lower amongst general practitioners.
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