| Specification of QI strategy | Total | Ireland | Belgium | France | Spain | Poland | Czech Republic |
| Internal auditing of hospital departments† (n = 347) | 347 | 22 | 24 | 65 | 105 | 75 | 38 |
| 1 | 35.7 | 22.7 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 21.9 | 53.3 | 76.3 |
| 2 | 11.0 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 18.5 | 11.4 | 4.0 | 5.3 |
| 3 | 40.1 | 63.6 | 54.2 | 56.9 | 52.4 | 16.0 | 13.2 |
| 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 12.5 | 7.7 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 2.6 |
| Peer review/visitatie of hospital departments† (n = 341) | 341 | 23 | 24 | 62 | 104 | 76 | 36 |
| 1 | 17.3 | 26.1 | 20.8 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 21.1 | 38.9 |
| 2 | 8.5 | 13.0 | 16.7 | 3.2 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 8.3 |
| 3 | 29.9 | 43.5 | 33.3 | 45.2 | 27.9 | 14.5 | 22.2 |
| 4 | 37.5 | 13.0 | 20.8 | 41.9 | 51.0 | 42.1 | 25.0 |
| Medical staff performance review† (n = 345) | 345 | 23 | 24 | 65 | 103 | 75 | 38 |
| 1 | 36.7 | 17.4 | 41.7 | 38.5 | 23.3 | 52.0 | 42.1 |
| 2 | 14.5 | 8.7 | 20.8 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 16.0 | 21.1 |
| 3 | 23.7 | 52.2 | 25.0 | 15.4 | 32.0 | 10.7 | 23.7 |
| 4 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 8.3 | 26.2 | 30.1 | 14.7 | 13.2 |
| Periodical internal audits of laboratories: | |||||||
| Clinical chemistry laboratory | y = 60.3 (300) | y = 68.2 (22) | y = 77.3 (22) | y = 20.0 (33) | y = 46.2 (93) | y = 78.8 (66) | y = 81.1 (37) |
| Pathology laboratory | y = 37.4 (254) | y = 72.7 (22) | y = 28.6 (21) | y = 3.7 (27) | y = 34.1 (88) | y = 30.6 (49) | y = 44.1 (34) |
| Microbiology laboratory | y = 54.3 (278) | y = 81.0 (21) | y = 81.8 (22) | y = 17.1 (41) | y = 42.4 (92) | y = 74.1 (58) | y = 51.6 (31) |
| Pharmacy laboratory | y = 47.5 (297) | y = 54.5 (22) | y = 18.2 (22) | y = 21.8 (55) | y = 45.1 (91) | y = 73.8 (61) | y = 50.0 (32) |
| Diagnostic radiology laboratory | y = 48.5 (291) | y = 60.0 (20) | y = 25.0 (20) | y = 12.2 (49) | y = 41.1 (90) | y = 72.6 (62) | y = 66.7 (36) |
| Results of internal audits are formally reported to: | |||||||
| Hospital’s governing board | y = 65.0 (343) | y = 91.3 (23) | y = 62.5 (24) | y = 44.4 (63) | y = 79.6 (103) | y = 34.2 (73) | y = 89.7 (39) |
| Medical staff | y = 67.4 (304) | y = 73.7 (19) | y = 40.0 (20) | y = 72.9 (59) | y = 65.1 (83) | y = 59.2 (71) | y = 91.4 (35) |
*The results for the UK and the Netherlands are included in the total but not listed separately, due to the very low response rates. †The sum of percentages may not always equal 100%; the percentage answers “don’t know/no answer” are not listed here. 1 = yes, systematically in most departments (>50%); 2 = yes, in most departments (>50%), but not systematically; 3 = yes, in some departments (<50%); 4 = no.
y, yes.