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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents and units

From: Characteristics of unit-level patient safety culture in hospitals in Japan: a cross-sectional study

  

Number of respondents

Number of units

  

n

(%)

n

(%)

Location of hospital

Urban area

5,999

(69.0)

291

(66.1)

Rural area

2,701

(31.0)

149

(33.9)

Type of hospital

Acute care

7,603

(87.4)

384

(87.3)

Long-term care or mixed-care

1,097

(12.6)

56

(12.7)

Number of beds

<200 beds

1,359

(15.6)

75

(17.0)

200-499 beds

3,715

(42.7)

199

(45.2)

≥500 beds

3,626

(41.7)

166

(37.7)

Unit type

General ward

2,279

(26.2)

93

(21.1)

 

Physicians' unit

777

(8.9)

67

(15.2)

 

Administration unit

1,017

(11.7)

57

(13.0)

 

Outpatient unit

548

(6.3)

19

(4.3)

 

Clinical laboratory or physiology unit

237

(2.7)

17

(3.9)

 

Long-term care ward

364

(4.2)

17

(3.9)

 

Dietary unit

250

(2.9)

16

(3.6)

 

Rehabilitation unit

379

(4.4)

16

(3.6)

 

Pharmaceutical unit

214

(2.5)

13

(3.0)

 

Critical care centre, ICU or CCU

364

(4.2)

11

(2.5)

 

Obstetrics and gynaecology ward, perinatal ward or NICU

330

(3.8)

11

(2.5)

 

Clinical radiology unit

181

(2.1)

10

(2.3)

 

Operating room

232

(2.7)

10

(2.3)

 

Dialysis unit

92

(1.1)

6

(1.4)

 

Paediatric ward

177

(2.0)

6

(1.4)

 

Others

1,259

(14.5)

71

(16.1)

Profession

Nurse

4,039

(46.4)

-

 
 

Clerk

1,253

(14.4)

-

 
 

Physician

807

(9.3)

-

 
 

Nursing aide or care worker

639

(7.3)

-

 
 

Technician

532

(6.1)

-

 
 

Therapist

376

(4.3)

-

 
 

Dietician or cook

260

(3.0)

-

 
 

Pharmacist

183

(2.1)

-

 
 

Others

550

(6.3)

-

 
 

Not reported

61

(0.7)

  

Gender

Male

2,052

(23.6)

-

 
 

Female

6,338

(72.9)

-

 
 

Not reported

310

(3.6)

-

 

Total

 

8,700

 

440

 
  1. CCU: Cardiac Care Unit; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
  2. Physicians do not usually work in a single unit, but are included in the physicians' unit.