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Table 3 Hierarchical regression analyses on handoffs

From: Handoffs, safety culture, and practices: evidence from the hospital survey on patient safety culture

Dependent variables

Handoff of patient information

Handoff of responsibility

Handoff of unit accountability

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

Covariates

      

 Bedsize

-.13***

-.20***

-.12***

-.01

-.14***

-.02

 Hospital Type

-.01

.02

.05**

-.02

-.03

-.02

 Ownership

-.06***

.01

.03*

-.01

.05***

-.01

 Staffing

.07***

.38***

.15***

.48***

-.01

.46***

Handoff transfer of

      

 Patient information

  

.51***

 

.66***

 

 Responsibility

.38***

   

.21***

 

 Unit accountability

.60***

 

.25***

   

Patient safety culture

      

 Communication openness

 

.06

    

 Feedback & communication on errors

 

.34***

    

 Teamwork within units

   

.15***

  

 Frequency of events reported

   

.23***

  

 Teamwork across units

     

.74***

 Management support for patient safety

     

.01

 Supervisor/Manager expectations & actions promoting patient safety

     

-.10***

 Nonpunitive response to error

     

.01

Change in R2

.420***

.107***

.295***

.078***

.368***

.288***

Total Adj R2

.862***

.539***

.813***

.594***

.848***

.768***

  1. Values in the table are standardized beta coefficients for n = 885 hospitals
  2. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001