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Hospital survey on patient safety culture in China

BMC Health Services Research · 2013 · Vol. 13(1) · pp. 228–228

Yanli Nie✉(Sichuan University)Xuanyue Mao(Sichuan University)Hao Cui(Sichuan University)Shenghong He(Wannan Medical College)Jing Li(Sichuan University)Mingming Zhang(Sichuan University)

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Abstract

The results show that amongst the health care workers surveyed in China there was a positive attitude towards the patient safety culture within their organizations. The differences between China and the US in patient safety culture suggests that cultural uniqueness should be taken into consideration whenever safety culture measurement tools are applied in different culture settings.

Occupational Health and Safety Research Patient Safety and Medication Errors Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesSafety culturePatient safetyMedicineTeamworkCronbach's alphaHealth administrationNursingHealth careNursing researchOrganizational culture

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Attitude of Health PersonnelChinaHospital DepartmentsHospitalsHumansMedical Staff, HospitalPatient Care TeamProfessional-Patient RelationsSurveys and QuestionnairesOrganizational CultureDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedHealth Care SurveysInterdisciplinary CommunicationQuality ImprovementPatient Safety

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