[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3, Parts 430 to End]
[Revised as of October 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR456.241]

[Page 296-297]
 
PART 456--UTILIZATION CONTROL--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart D--Utilization Control: Mental Hospitals
 
Sec. 456.241  Purpose and general description.

    (a) The purpose of medical care evaluation studies is to promote the 
most effective and efficient use of available

[[Page 297]]

health facilities and services consistent with patient needs and 
professionally recognized standards of health care.
    (b) Medical care evaluation studies--
    (1) Emphasize identification and analysis of patterns of patient 
care; and
    (2) Suggest appropriate changes needed to maintain consistently high 
quality patient care and effective and efficient use of services.