Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2009 Comparative Database Report. Table A-5

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Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2009 Comparative Database Report

Patient Safety Culture Composites	Teaching Status		Ownership and Control
	Teaching	Nonteaching	Government	Nongovernment
	190 Hospitals	432 Hospitals	139 Hospitals	483 Hospitals
	94,772 Respondents	101,690 Respondents	20,837 Respondents	175,625 Respondents
1. Teamwork Within Units	78%	80%	79%	79%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	73%	75%	76%	74%
3. Org Learning-Continuous Improvement	70%	71%	72%	70%
4. Management Support for Patient Safety	68%	71%	72%	70%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	62%	65%	67%	63%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	61%	63%	63%	62%
7. Communication Openness	60%	63%	63%	62%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	58%	61%	61%	60%
9. Teamwork Across Units	54%	58%	60%	56%
10. Staffing	53%	56%	59%	54%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	41%	46%	49%	43%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	42%	45%	45%	43%
Average Across Composites	60%	63%	64%	61%