Patient safety culture and the association with safe resident care in nursing homes

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 802-811

  Thomas, Kali S ^a   Hyer, Kathryn ^b   Castle, Nicholas G ^c   Branch, Laurence G ^d   Andel, Ross ^b,e   Weech Maldonado, Robert ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Nursing homes; Patient safety culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXERCISE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869405042     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns007     Document Type: Article

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