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Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report

Table A-9. Composite-level Average Percent Positive Response by Hospital Geographic Region

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
20
Hospitals
60
Hospitals
100
Hospitals
26
Hospitals
83
Hospitals
31
Hospitals
35
Hospitals
27
Hospitals
10,796
Respond-
ents
17,870
Respond-
ents
34,715
Respond-
ents
6,982
Respond-
ents
17,418
Respond-
ents
10,223
Respond-
ents
5,809
Respond-
ents
4,808
Respond-
ents
1. Teamwork Within Units 75% 78% 75% 79% 80% 81% 77% 78%
2. Supervisor/Mana-
ger Expectations
& Actions Promoting Patient Safety
71% 76% 73% 77% 74% 77% 72% 72%
3. Management Support for Patient Safety 65% 71% 67% 73% 73% 71% 67% 66%
4. Org Learning—
Continuous
Improvement
68% 72% 65% 73% 71% 73% 67% 66%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety 58% 62% 60% 65% 68% 66% 63% 59%
6. Feedback &
Communication About Error
61% 64% 58% 65% 61% 66% 62% 61%
7. Communication Openness 62% 62% 60% 62% 60% 64% 61% 64%
8. Frequency of Events Reported 60% 58% 56% 63% 61% 62% 59% 58%
9. Teamwork Across Units 51% 56% 54% 61% 62% 57% 55% 54%
10. Staffing 46% 54% 53% 53% 61% 56% 54% 52%
11. Handoffs & Transitions 40% 43% 42% 48% 51% 43% 44% 42%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error 38% 42% 41% 44% 48% 44% 42% 40%
Average Across Composites
58% 62% 59% 64% 64% 63% 60% 59%

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

Region States
Mid Atlantic/New England NY, NJ, PA, ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT
South Atlantic DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL
West North Central MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, NE, KS
West South Central AR, LA, OK, TX
East North Central OH, IN, IL, MI, WI
East South Central KY, TN, AL, MS
Mountain MT, ID, WY, CO, NM, AZ, UT, NV
Pacific WA, OR, CA, AK, HI

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