Patient safety culture in China: a case study in an outpatient setting in Beijing.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the patient safety culture in an outpatient setting in Beijing and explore the meaning and implications of the safety culture from the perspective of health workers and patients.

Methods

A mixed methods approach involving a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews was adopted. Among the 410 invited staff members, 318 completed the Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture (HSOPC). Patient safety culture was described using 12 subscale scores. Inter-subscale correlation analysis, ANOVA and stepwise multivariate regression analyses were performed to identify the determinants of the patient safety culture scores. Interviewees included 22 patients selected through opportunity sampling and 27 staff members selected through purposive sampling. The int

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4079961 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature