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Variation in safety culture dimensions within and between US and Swiss Hospital units: an exploratory study.
Schwendimann R, Zimmermann N, Küng K, Ausserhofer D, Sexton B. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:32-41.

This cross-sectional study of medical centers in Switzerland and the United States found significant variability among safety culture dimensions both within individual hospitals and between hospitals.
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