Development and validation of a patient safety culture questionnaire in acute geriatric units

Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 481-489

  Steyrer, Johannes ^a   Latzke, Markus ^a   Pils, Katharina ^b   Vetter, Elisabeth ^a   Strunk, Guido ^c,d  

^a Research Institute for Health Care Management and Health Economics   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Founder of Complexity Research   (Austria)

^d TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse events in hospitals; Patient safety culture; Quality improvement in health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TRAUMATOLOGY; VALIDITY;

AGED; AUSTRIA; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80255138146     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322089     Document Type: Article

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