Safety culture: Is the "unit" the right "unit of analysis"?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 314-316

  Gaba, David M ^a,b   Singer, Sara J ^c,d   Rosen, Amy K ^e,f  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA Center of Excellence   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Safety climate; Safety culture; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ETHNOGRAPHY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845958646     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000251492.27808.B7     Document Type: Note

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