Patient safety climate in us hospitals: Variation by management level

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1149-1156

  Singer, Sara J ^a,b,c   Falwell, Alyson ^c   Gaba, David M ^c,d,e   Baker, Laurence C ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Management; Safety climate; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGER; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; SAFETY; SHIFT WORKER; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55649085387     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31817925c1     Document Type: Article

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