Open Access<p>Areas of Potential Improvement for Hospitals’ Patient-Safety Culture in Western Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Melkamu Garuma,
Mirkuzie Woldie,
Feyera Gebissa Kebene
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
drug, healthcare and patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 1179-1365
DOI - 10.2147/dhps.s254949
Subject(s) - patient safety , safety culture , medicine , bivariate analysis , teamwork , health care , family medicine , pediatrics , management , statistics , mathematics , economics , economic growth
Patient-safety culture is an important component of health-care quality and currentlyan issue of high concern globally. In Ethiopia, little is known about patient-safety culture in hospitals. We assessed the patient-safety culture and associated factors among health-care workers in public hospitals of East Wollega Zone, western Ethiopia.