Measuring patient safety culture: An assessment of the clustering of responses at unit level and hospital level

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 292-296

  Smits, M ^a   Wagner, C ^a,b   Spreeuwenberg, P ^a   Van Der Wal, G ^b   Groenewegen, P P ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 69449108679     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.025965     Document Type: Article

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