Safety climate and its association with office type and team involvement in primary care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 394-402

  Gehring, Katrin ^a   Schwappach, David L B ^a,b   Battaglia, Markus ^c   Buff, Roman ^d   Huber, Felix ^e   Sauter, Peter ^f   Wieser, Markus ^g  

^a Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Praxis Bubenberg   (Switzerland)

^d Medizinisches Zentrum Arbon   (Switzerland)

^e MediX Gruppenpraxis   (Switzerland)

^f Hawadoc AG   (Switzerland)

^g Hawadoc AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Medical errors; Patient safety; Primary care; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CIRCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY CARE; SAFETY CLIMATE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881109116     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt036     Document Type: Article

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