Relationship of safety climate and safety performance in hospitals

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2P1, 2009, Pages 399-421

  Singer, Sara ^a   Lin, Shoutzu ^b   Falwell, Alyson ^b   Gaba, David ^c   Baker, Laurence ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hospital quality indicators; Safety climate; Safety culture; Safety performance

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62449150845     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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