The application of a simplified system of criterions for audit to improve paediatric cardiologic and paediatric cardiac surgical care: evidence from a regional approach in Hungary.

Aims: To evaluate the quality of cardiac and surgical care provided for children with congenital cardiac malformations in the eastern county of Hungary.

Methods: We used the method of clinical audit based in selection of criterions, developing five such criterions concerning timely diagnosis, access to treatment, and outcome. To examine compliance with these criterions, we analysed retrospectively the routine data relating to children living in Hajdu-Bihar County.