Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report. Table A-5

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Patient Safety Culture Composites	Teaching Status		Ownership and Control
	Teaching	Non-teaching	Govt.	Non-govt.
	92 Hospitals	290 Hospitals	106 Hospitals	276 Hospitals
	44,067 Respond- ents	64,554 Respond- ents	12,926 Respond- ents	95,695 Respond- ents
1. Teamwork Within Units	76%	78%	79%	77%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	72%	75%	75%	74%
3. Management Support for Patient Safety	66%	70%	72%	68%
4. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	68%	69%	70%	68%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	60%	64%	66%	62%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	60%	62%	62%	61%
7. Communication Openness	60%	61%	61%	61%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	57%	59%	59%	59%
9. Teamwork Across Units	53%	58%	60%	55%
10. Staffing	53%	56%	59%	53%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	42%	46%	49%	43%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	41%	43%	44%	42%
Average Across Composites	59%	62%	63%	60%