Table A-5. Composite-level Average Percent Positive Response by Hospital Teaching Status, and Ownership and Control

2008 Comparative Database Report

Patient Safety Culture Composites	Teaching Status		Ownership and Control
	Teaching	Non-teaching	Govt.	Non-govt.
	135 Hospitals	384 Hospitals	127 Hospitals	392 Hospitals
	70,495 Respond- ents	89,681 Respond- ents	17,482 Respond- ents	142,694 Respond- ents
1. Teamwork Within Units	77%	79%	80%	78%
2. Supervisor/Manager Expectations & Actions Promoting Patient Safety	73%	75%	76%	74%
3. Management Support for Patient Safety	68%	71%	73%	69%
4. Org Learning—Continuous Improvement	69%	70%	72%	69%
5. Overall Perceptions of Patient Safety	62%	65%	67%	63%
6. Feedback & Communication About Error	61%	62%	63%	62%
7. Communication Openness	60%	62%	63%	61%
8. Frequency of Events Reported	58%	60%	61%	59%
9. Teamwork Across Units	54%	58%	61%	56%
10. Staffing	53%	55%	59%	54%
11. Handoffs & Transitions	42%	46%	50%	43%
12. Nonpunitive Response to Error	42%	44%	45%	43%
Average Across Composites	60%	62%	64%	61%

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Page last reviewed March 2008

Internet Citation: Table A-5. Composite-level Average Percent Positive Response by Hospital Teaching Status, and Ownership and Control: 2008 Comparative Database Report. March 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2008/tablea-5.html