Validation of a novel safety climate instrument in VHA nursing homes

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 400-417

  Hartmann, Christine W ^a,b   Meterko, Mark ^a,c   Zhao, Shibei ^a   Palmer, Jennifer A ^a   Berlowitz, Dan ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Center for Organization Leadership and Management Research   (United States)

Author keywords

health care surveys; nursing homes; patient safety; questionnaires; reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMPLOYEE; HAZARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOMETRY;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84880400175     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558712474349     Document Type: Article

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