Open AccessPerception of patient safety culture among health-care providers in a Tertiary Care Hospital, South India
Author(s) -
Adhisakthi Rajalatchumi,
Thanjavur S. Ravikumar,
Kaliaperumal Muruganandham,
Mahalakshmy Thulasingam,
Kalaiselvi Selvaraj,
Mahendra M Reddy,
Balachander Jayaraman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/jnsbm.jnsbm_86_17
Subject(s) - patient safety , likert scale , safety culture , teamwork , stratified sampling , health care , medicine , nursing , family medicine , organizational culture , openness to experience , psychology , management , developmental psychology , pathology , economics , economic growth , social psychology
Patient safety is a global concern and is the most important domains of health-care quality. Medical error is a major patient safety concern, causing increase in health-care cost due to mortality, morbidity, or prolonged hospital stay.