Assessing patient safety culture in hospitals across countries

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-221

  Wagner, C ^a,b   Smits, M ^a,c   Sorra, J ^d   Huang, C C ^e  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

General methodology; Hospital care; Patient safety; Quality culture; Quality management; Setting of care; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES;

GENERAL METHODOLOGY; HOSPITAL CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CULTURE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SETTING OF CARE; SURVEYS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878980900     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt024     Document Type: Article

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