| Patient Safety Culture Composites |
Teaching Status |
Ownership and Control |
| Teaching |
Non-teaching |
Govt. |
Non-govt. |
135
Hospitals |
384
Hospitals |
127
Hospitals |
392
Hospitals |
70,495
Respond-
ents |
89,681
Respond-
ents |
17,482
Respond-
ents |
142,694
Respond-
ents |
| 1. Teamwork Within Units |
77% |
79% |
80% |
78% |
| 2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety |
73% |
75% |
76% |
74% |
| 3. Management Support for Patient Safety |
68% |
71% |
73% |
69% |
| 4. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement |
69% |
70% |
72% |
69% |
| 5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety |
62% |
65% |
67% |
63% |
| 6. Feedback & Communication About Error |
61% |
62% |
63% |
62% |
| 7. Communication Openness |
60% |
62% |
63% |
61% |
| 8. Frequency of Events Reported |
58% |
60% |
61% |
59% |
| 9. Teamwork Across Units |
54% |
58% |
61% |
56% |
| 10. Staffing |
53% |
55% |
59% |
54% |
| 11. Handoffs & Transitions |
42% |
46% |
50% |
43% |
| 12. Nonpunitive Response to Error |
42% |
44% |
45% |
43% |
| Average Across Composites |
60% |
62% |
64% |
61% |
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