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

Mikaela Nygren; Kerstin Roback; Annica Öhrn; Hans Rutberg; Mikael Rahmqvist; Per Nilsen

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-52

BMC Health Services Research

Table 2 Conditions for the county council’s patient safety work

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

Response items	To what extent do the following statements apply to the county council in which you work?				N
Response items	Agree completely (%)	Agree mostly (%)	Agree slightly (%)	Do not agree at all (%)	N
Patient involvement is important for patient safety	43	41	14	3	164
Patient safety work has good support from the county council’s management	32	47	21	0	167
Patient safety work has good support from the heads of departments/clinics	17	58	25	1	166
Inadequate time and/or resources to analyse adverse events and risks	13	53	31	3	167
Inadequate time and/or resources for preventive action	12	61	23	3	163
The county council has good systems in place for conducting root cause analyses	12	59	22	2	166
The county council provides a supportive environment for patient safety work	11	55	29	5	167
The county council has good systems in place for analysing adverse events	11	48	31	10	164
The county council provides support for forums and meetings concerning patient safety	11	40	41	8	165
The county council has good systems in place for conducting risk analyses	11	38	40	9	166
Personnel who work with patient safety are required to have specific training in the area	6	32	48	13	162
Root cause and risk analyses and related analyses result in changes to routines and practice	5	60	33	1	162
Patient complaints and reports are systematically analysed and followed up	5	52	41	2	164
Identification of adverse events and risks usually results in interventions to improve patient safety	4	50	43	4	161
There is an adequate budget for patient safety work	2	26	42	30	156
The interventions implemented to improve patient safety are evaluated	2	23	64	11	160
Information about adverse events and risks are systematically communicated to health care workers throughout the county council	2	21	54	24	165
The county council is supportive and commits resources of various kinds (financial support, personnel, etc.) to improve patient safety	1	15	55	29	161

Response items are arranged according to the proportion of “agree completely” replies. Answers missing or recorded as “no opinion” excluded.

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