Factors influencing patient safety in Sweden: perceptions of patient safety officers in the county councils

Table 1 Respondent characteristics

	%	N
Occupation/profession in the county council*
Physician		87
Administrative personnel		82
Nurse		17
Other		3
Time designated to work with patient safety issues
<1 year	16	27
1–2 years	19	32
3–5 years	27	45
>5 years	38	62
Knowledge/overview of the county council’s patient safety work
Excellent	20	33
Very good	45	75
Good	30	51
Fair	5	8
Poor		0
Ability to influence the patient safety work in the county council
Excellent	9	15
Very good	33	54
Good	44	72
Fair	13	22
Poor	2	3