Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report

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Patient Safety Culture Composites	Region
	Mid Atlantic/ New England	South Atlantic	East North Central	East South Central	West North Central	West South Central	Mountain	Pacific
	32 Hospitals	89 Hospitals	113 Hospitals	29 Hospitals	92 Hospitals	37 Hospitals	57 Hospitals	70 Hospitals
	17,875 Respond- ents	29,200 Respond- ents	40,643 Respond- ents	7,350 Respond- ents	19,255 Respond- ents	11,121 Respond- ents	13,301 Respond- ents	21,431 Respond- ents
1. Teamwork Within Units	76%	78%	76%	81%	81%	81%	80%	79%
2. Supervisor/Mana- ger Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	71%	76%	73%	78%	75%	78%	74%	73%
3. Management Support for Patient Safety	68%	71%	67%	74%	74%	73%	70%	67%
4. Org Learning— Continuous Improvement	68%	72%	66%	75%	72%	74%	70%	67%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	61%	63%	61%	67%	69%	67%	66%	60%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	62%	64%	59%	66%	62%	66%	64%	60%
7. Communication Openness	61%	62%	60%	63%	61%	64%	64%	62%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	60%	59%	56%	65%	63%	63%	60%	58%
9. Teamwork Across Units	54%	56%	55%	63%	62%	57%	58%	54%
10. Staffing	49%	54%	54%	54%	62%	56%	54%	52%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	42%	44%	43%	48%	51%	44%	45%	40%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	40%	42%	41%	45%	49%	45%	46%	41%
Average Across Composites	59%	62%	59%	65%	65%	64%	63%	59%

*Note: States are categorized into AHA-defined regions as follows: