The influence of environmental conditions on safety management in hospitals: a qualitative study

Table 1 Case characteristics of the five hospitals

	Hospital A	Hospital B	Hospital C	Hospital D	Hospital E
Type of hospital	Top-clinical	Top-clinical	General	General	Top-clinical
Hospital size (no. of beds)	< 500	750–1000	500–750	500–750	> 1000
Safety performance*	Low	Low	Low	Mediocre	High

*Safety performance has been reported on a scale that ranges from 1 to 4. Scores < 2 are indicated as low, scores of 2–3 are indicated as mediocre and scores > 3 are indicated as high

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