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Relationship of safety climate and safety performance in hospitals.

April 1, 2009

Singer SJ, Lin S, Falwell A, et al. Health Serv Res. 2009;44(2 Pt 1):399-421.

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Hospitals with superior overall patient safety culture measurements also had lower rates of potential safety problems (as measured by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicators). However, the relationship between safety climate and patient outcomes was not consistent across all dimensions of safety culture.

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