Table C-5. Trending: Composite-Level Average Percent Positive Response by Hospital Teaching Status and Ownership and Control
| Patient Safety Culture Composites |
Teaching Status |
Ownership and Control |
| Teaching |
Nonteaching |
Government |
Nongovernment |
| 59 Hospitals Both Years |
145 Hospitals Both Years |
63 Hospitals Both Years |
141 Hospitals Both Years |
| 40,839 Most Recent Respondents |
28,702 Most Recent Respondents |
10,036 Most Recent Respondents |
59,505 Most Recent Respondents |
| 38,681 Previous Respondents |
26,640 Previous Respondents |
10,007 Previous Respondents |
55,314 Previous Respondents |
| 1. Teamwork Within Units |
Most Recent |
77% |
81% |
80% |
79% |
| Previous |
73% |
78% |
79% |
76% |
| Change |
4% |
3% |
1% |
3% |
| 2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety |
Most Recent |
73% |
76% |
76% |
74% |
| Previous |
71% |
75% |
75% |
73% |
| Change |
2% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| 3. Organizational Learning—Continuous Improvement |
Most Recent |
69% |
73% |
73% |
71% |
| Previous |
66% |
70% |
71% |
67% |
| Change |
3% |
3% |
2% |
4% |
| 4. Management Support for Patient Safety |
Most Recent |
66% |
73% |
74% |
70% |
| Previous |
64% |
71% |
73% |
67% |
| Change |
2% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
| 5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety |
Most Recent |
58% |
67% |
69% |
63% |
| Previous |
57% |
64% |
66% |
61% |
| Change |
1% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
| 6. Feedback & Communication About Error |
Most Recent |
61% |
63% |
64% |
62% |
| Previous |
59% |
62% |
63% |
60% |
| Change |
2% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
| 7. Communication Openness |
Most Recent |
59% |
62% |
63% |
61% |
| Previous |
58% |
61% |
61% |
60% |
| Change |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| 8. Frequency of Events Reported |
Most Recent |
58% |
63% |
63% |
61% |
| Previous |
56% |
61% |
62% |
58% |
| Change |
2% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
| 9. Teamwork Across Units |
Most Recent |
51% |
61% |
62% |
56% |
| Previous |
50% |
58% |
61% |
54% |
| Change |
1% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
| 10. Staffing |
Most Recent |
50% |
57% |
59% |
54% |
| Previous |
49% |
55% |
57% |
52% |
| Change |
1% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
| 11. Handoffs & Transitions |
Most Recent |
38% |
48% |
52% |
42% |
| Previous |
39% |
46% |
49% |
42% |
| Change |
-1% |
2% |
3% |
0% |
| 12. Nonpunitive Response to Error |
Most Recent |
40% |
47% |
47% |
43% |
| Previous |
38% |
44% |
45% |
42% |
| Change |
2% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
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