---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.243"
title: "42"
number: "456.243"
heading: "Content of medical care evaluation studies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.243"
---

# §456.243. Content of medical care evaluation studies.


Each medical care evaluation study must—

- (a) Identify and analyze medical or administrative factors related to the mental hospital's patient care;
- (b) **Include analysis of at least the following—**
  - (1) **Admissions.**
  - (2) **Durations of stay.**
  - (3) **Ancillary services furnished, including drugs and biologicals.**
  - (4) Professional services performed in the hospital; and
- (c) If indicated, contain recommendations for change beneficial to patients, staff, the hospital, and the community.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.