Patient safety culture and satisfaction in Ghana: a facility-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, one of the measures of high performing healthcare facilities is the compliance of patient safety culture, which encompasses the ability of health institutions to avoid or drastically reduce patient harm or risks. These risks or harm is linked with numerous adverse patient outcomes such as medication error, infections, unsafe surgery and diagnosis error.

Objectives

The general objective of this study was to investigate into the impact of patient safety culture practices experienced on patient satisfaction among patients who attend the Kwesimintsim Government Hospital in the Takoradi municipality.

Methods

This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study and a consecutive sampling technique was used to select 336 respondents for the study. Data was

SUBMITTER: Botchwey CO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10828863 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature