Table 5 Comparing responses across the two facilities
Large | Small | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | P-Value* | |
Frequency of event reporting | 1054 | 3.84 (1.11) | 321 | 3.71 (1.12) | 0.067 |
Overall perceptions of safety | 1032 | 3.42 (0.58) | 316 | 3.56 (0.63) | <0.001 |
Supervisor/manager expectations and actions promoting safety | 1043 | 3.48 (0.64) | 323 | 3.59 (0.62) | 0.007 |
Organizational learning-continuous improvement | 1051 | 3.99 (0.59) | 325 | 4.06 (0.49) | 0.275 |
Teamwork within hospital units | 1066 | 3.91 (0.66) | 323 | 4.07 (0.53) | <0.001 |
Communication openness | 1051 | 3.23 (0.87) | 325 | 3.43 (0.79) | <0.001 |
Feedback and communication about errors | 1054 | 3.92 (0.82) | 325 | 3.86 (0.90) | 0.298 |
Non-punitive response to error | 1040 | 2.64 (0.80) | 321 | 2.74 (0.77) | 0.046 |
Staffing | 1039 | 2.86 (0.63) | 322 | 2.84 (0.61) | 0.691 |
Hospital management support for patient safety | 1064 | 3.75 (0.71) | 320 | 3.96 (0.67) | <0.001 |
Hospital handoffs and transitions | 1030 | 3.43 (0.77) | 317 | 3.52 (0.74) | 0.071 |
Teamwork across hospital units | 1038 | 3.54 (0.69) | 320 | 3.73 (0.67) | <0.001 |
N (%) | N (%) | P-Value | |||
Patient safety grade | |||||
Poor or failing | 38 (3.6%) | 7 (2.1%) | 0.001 | ||
Acceptable | 277 (26.3%) | 57 (17.4%) | |||
Excellent/Very good | 740 (70.1%) | 263 (80.4%) | |||
Number of events reported | |||||
No event reports | 505 (46.2%) | 183 (54.5%) | 0.008 | ||
1 to 5 event reports | 508 (46.5%) | 140 (41.7%) | |||
>5 events reported | 80 (7.3%) | 13 (3.9%) | |||