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. 2023 Mar 17;12(1):e002029. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2022-002029

Table 2.

Patient safety grades

Patient safety grade Nurses and midwives Physicians Technologists Hospital aides Management Others Overall AHRQ 2018 benchmarks
(%)
Excellent 466 (53.1) 67 (23.9) 275 (59.1) 412 (63.3) 99 (40.6) 204 (51.8) 52.3 35
Very good 316 (36.0) 142 (50.7) 139 (29.9) 188 (28.9) 108 (44.3) 127 (32.2) 35 43
Acceptable 84 (9.6) 67 (23.9) 45 (9.7) 45 (6.9) 32 (13.1) 61 (15.5) 11.5 18
Poor 11 (1.3) 4 (1.4) 6 (1.30) 6 (0.9) 5 (2.1) 2 (0.5) 1.2 4

AHRQ, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.