在美国,由于医疗保健费用迅速上升,到1990年预计将达到7000亿美元,已开始采用医院技术审计;以达到既控制医院费用又保证医疗质量的目的。在世界上其他地方也存在同样的紧迫性问题,由美国医院协会(AHA)某所设计的新的审计方法,对许多国家也是适用的。 In the United States, as health care costs are rapidly rising, it is expected to reach 700 billion U.S. dollars by 1990 and hospital technology audits have begun to be used to achieve the goal of both controlling hospital costs and ensuring medical quality. The same urgency issues exist in other parts of the world. New auditing methods designed by one of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) are also applicable to many countries.