Differences characterize hospital utilization review, quality assurance activities.

Late in 1987, the American Academy of Medical Directors conducted a survey of its hospital-based members on staffing and other aspects of their utilization review and quality assurance functions. Responses were obtained from 130 of the 860 hospitals surveyed. The results show that, beyond the basics of hospital utilization review and quality assurance, hospitals are extremely diverse in their approaches to these functions.