A nationwide hospital survey on patient safety culture in Belgian hospitals: Setting priorities at the launch of a 5-year patient safety plan

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 760-767

  Vlayen, Annemie ^a   Hellings, Johan ^a,b   Claes, Neree ^a   Peleman, Hilde ^c   Schrooten, Ward ^a,d  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ICURO   (Belgium)

^c Federal Public Service Health   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAMWORK;

BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866506551     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-051607     Document Type: Article

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