Table C-4. Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Bed Size

2010 User Comparative Database Report

Patient Safety Culture Composites	Database Year	Bed Size
		6-24 beds	25-49 beds	50-99 beds	100-199 beds	200-299 beds	300-399 beds	400-499 beds	500+ beds
		28 Hospitals Both Years	56 Hospitals Both Years	51 Hospitals Both Years	64 Hospitals Both Years	48 Hospitals Both Years	24 Hospitals Both Years	20 Hospitals Both Years	30 Hospitals Both Years
		1,735 Most Recent Respon- dents	5,331 Most Recent Respon- dents	7,101 Most Recent Respon- dents	19,935 Most Recent Respon- dents	22,073 Most Recent Respon- dents	16,456 Most Recent Respon- dents	15,975 Most Recent Respon- dents	39,347 Most Recent Respon- dents
		2,286 Previous Respon- dents	4,774 Previous Respon- dents	7,820 Previous Respon- dents	16,663 Previous Respon- dents	25,183 Previous Respon- dents	14,158 Previous Respon- dents	12,637 Previous Respon- dents	30,976 Previous Respon- dents
1. Teamwork Within Units	Most Recent	83%	82%	79%	78%	78%	80%	77%	77%
	Previous	82%	83%	79%	76%	73%	80%	73%	76%
	Change	1%	-1%	0%	2%	5%	0%	4%	1%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	Most Recent	77%	79%	76%	75%	73%	74%	73%	72%
	Previous	76%	78%	74%	74%	71%	74%	71%	71%
	Change	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	0%	2%	1%
3. Management Support for Patient Safety	Most Recent	79%	77%	73%	70%	67%	72%	68%	67%
	Previous	76%	76%	69%	66%	64%	71%	63%	64%
	Change	3%	1%	4%	4%	3%	1%	5%	3%
4. Organizational Learning—Continuous Improvement	Most Recent	73%	75%	73%	71%	70%	72%	71%	71%
	Previous	73%	75%	71%	68%	65%	72%	65%	68%
	Change	0%	0%	2%	3%	5%	0%	6%	3%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	Most Recent	73%	71%	67%	64%	61%	64%	61%	59%
	Previous	72%	69%	64%	60%	57%	63%	56%	57%
	Change	1%	2%	3%	4%	4%	1%	5%	2%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	Most Recent	66%	64%	65%	63%	62%	65%	63%	62%
	Previous	65%	65%	63%	60%	57%	65%	58%	60%
	Change	1%	-1%	2%	3%	5%	0%	5%	2%
7. Communication Openness	Most Recent	64%	64%	63%	61%	60%	62%	60%	60%
	Previous	65%	63%	61%	59%	57%	63%	58%	60%
	Change	-1%	1%	2%	2%	3%	-1%	2%	0%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	Most Recent	65%	65%	64%	62%	61%	63%	61%	59%
	Previous	63%	63%	61%	59%	57%	62%	56%	57%
	Change	2%	2%	3%	3%	4%	1%	5%	2%
9. Teamwork Across Units	Most Recent	68%	65%	61%	57%	52%	57%	53%	51%
	Previous	67%	64%	58%	54%	50%	57%	48%	48%
	Change	1%	1%	3%	3%	2%	0%	5%	3%
10. Staffing	Most Recent	66%	60%	57%	54%	52%	54%	53%	51%
	Previous	63%	60%	54%	50%	47%	53%	47%	48%
	Change	3%	0%	3%	4%	5%	1%	6%	3%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	Most Recent	57%	51%	49%	42%	38%	42%	39%	38%
	Previous	56%	52%	46%	41%	38%	43%	37%	37%
	Change	1%	-1%	3%	1%	0%	-1%	2%	1%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	Most Recent	52%	49%	47%	44%	41%	43%	40%	39%
	Previous	50%	48%	43%	42%	39%	42%	38%	37%
	Change	2%	1%	4%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%

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Internet Citation: Table C-4. Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Bed Size: 2010 User Comparative Database Report. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2010/tabc4.html