Dimension | County hospital | University hospital | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Follow-up | Change | p-value | Baseline | Follow-up | Change | p-value | |
% | % | а | % | % | а | |||
All participants’ responses | n 172 | n 181 | n 118 | n 149 | ||||
1. Non-punitive response to error | 31.8 | 31.9 | NS | 48.3 | 43.0 | NS | ||
2. Staffing | 26.8 | 24.6 | NS | 52.1 | 45.9 | - | * | |
3. Frequency of event reporting | 21.9 | 23.6 | NS | 27.3 | 16.1 | NS | ||
4. Hospital management Support for patient safety | 13.7 | 16.1 | NS | 36.9 | 34.7 | NS | ||
5. Team-work across hospital units | 31.3 | 27.8 | NS | 34.7 | 43.0 | + | *** | |
6. Hospital Hand-off and transition | 34.6 | 32.9 | NS | 46.8 | 46.6 | NS | ||
7. Information and support to patients at adverse events | 44.8 | 40.1 | NS | 46.3 | 32.7 | - | ** | |
8. Information and support to staff at adverse events | 37.6 | 29.7 | - | * | 28.2 | 31.7 | NS | |
9. Overall perception of safety | 24.3 | 27.1 | NS | 44.6 | 41.6 | NS | ||
11. Organizational learning-continuous improvement | 37.4 | 35.9 | NS | 48.4 | 52.8 | NS | ||
12. Team-work within hospital | 56.9 | 63.3 | + | * | 71.7 | 80.1 | + | ** |
13. Communication openness | 51.2 | 57.9 | + | * | 66.0 | 61.8 | NS | |
14. Feedback and communication about error | 45.8 | 50.1 | NS | 48.9 | 46.0 | NS | ||
15. Patient safety grade | 62.0 | 56.7 | NS | 91.1 | 82.0 | - | * |