From: Characteristics of unit-level patient safety culture in hospitals in Japan: a cross-sectional study
Number of respondents | Number of units | ||||
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n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Location of hospital | Urban area | 5,999 | (69.0) | 291 | (66.1) |
Rural area | 2,701 | (31.0) | 149 | (33.9) | |
Type of hospital | Acute care | 7,603 | (87.4) | 384 | (87.3) |
Long-term care or mixed-care | 1,097 | (12.6) | 56 | (12.7) | |
Number of beds | <200 beds | 1,359 | (15.6) | 75 | (17.0) |
200-499 beds | 3,715 | (42.7) | 199 | (45.2) | |
≥500 beds | 3,626 | (41.7) | 166 | (37.7) | |
Unit type | General ward | 2,279 | (26.2) | 93 | (21.1) |
Physicians' unit† | 777 | (8.9) | 67 | (15.2) | |
Administration unit | 1,017 | (11.7) | 57 | (13.0) | |
Outpatient unit | 548 | (6.3) | 19 | (4.3) | |
Clinical laboratory or physiology unit | 237 | (2.7) | 17 | (3.9) | |
Long-term care ward | 364 | (4.2) | 17 | (3.9) | |
Dietary unit | 250 | (2.9) | 16 | (3.6) | |
Rehabilitation unit | 379 | (4.4) | 16 | (3.6) | |
Pharmaceutical unit | 214 | (2.5) | 13 | (3.0) | |
Critical care centre, ICU or CCU | 364 | (4.2) | 11 | (2.5) | |
Obstetrics and gynaecology ward, perinatal ward or NICU | 330 | (3.8) | 11 | (2.5) | |
Clinical radiology unit | 181 | (2.1) | 10 | (2.3) | |
Operating room | 232 | (2.7) | 10 | (2.3) | |
Dialysis unit | 92 | (1.1) | 6 | (1.4) | |
Paediatric ward | 177 | (2.0) | 6 | (1.4) | |
Others | 1,259 | (14.5) | 71 | (16.1) | |
Profession | Nurse | 4,039 | (46.4) | - | |
Clerk | 1,253 | (14.4) | - | ||
Physician | 807 | (9.3) | - | ||
Nursing aide or care worker | 639 | (7.3) | - | ||
Technician | 532 | (6.1) | - | ||
Therapist | 376 | (4.3) | - | ||
Dietician or cook | 260 | (3.0) | - | ||
Pharmacist | 183 | (2.1) | - | ||
Others | 550 | (6.3) | - | ||
Not reported | 61 | (0.7) | |||
Gender | Male | 2,052 | (23.6) | - | |
Female | 6,338 | (72.9) | - | ||
Not reported | 310 | (3.6) | - | ||
Total | 8,700 | 440 |