Use of a safety climate questionnaire in UK health care: Factor structure, reliability and usability

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-353

  Hutchinson, A ^a,b   Cooper, K L ^b   Dean, J E ^b   McIntosh, A ^b   Patterson, M ^c   Stride, C B ^c   Laurence, B E ^b   Smith, C M ^b  

^a Section of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33751254408     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2005.016584     Document Type: Review

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