Comparing safety climate between two populations of hospitals in the United States.
Singer SJ, Hartmann CW, Hanchate A, et al. Comparing Safety Climate between Two Populations of Hospitals in the United States. Health Serv Res. 2009;44(5p1). doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00994.x.
This comparison of safety culture between Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals and a broad group of non-federal hospitals found that perceptions of safety climate varied primarily at the individual hospital level, and VA hospitals did not seem to have a consistently superior safety climate.