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© 1992 Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom

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The relationship between evaluative research and audit


Nick Black, Senior Lecturer in Public Health Medicine

Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT

Evaluative research and audit are distinct activities with different goals. However, they are interrelated in four ways: research provides a basis for defining good-quality care for audit purposes; audit can provide high-quality data for nonexperimental evaluative research; research into the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of audit is needed to establish the value of different interventions; and, in common with other research areas, evaluative research needs to be audited to ensure high-quality work is performed. Recognition of the unique and interrelated roles of research and audit will be of benefit to both endeavours.


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