Table 3 Comparison of mean patient safety culture composite scores of nursing homes and hospitals.

PSC dimension	Nursing home composite score*	Hospital benchmark composite score†	p Value
Communication openness	41.7	61.0	<0.01
Feedback and communication about error	37.8	52.0	0.03
Frequency of events reported	49.7	52.0	0.78
Handovers and transitions	37.5	45.0	0.65
Management support for patient safety	66.2	60.0	0.34
Non‐punitive response to error	10.6	43.0	<0.01
Organisational learning and continuous improvement	54.0	71.0	0.01
Overall perceptions of safety	45.7	56.0	0.14
Staffing	40.1	50.0	0.10
Supervisor/manager expectations and actions promoting patient safety	70.8	71.0	0.94
Teamwork across units	47.5	53.0	0.33
Teamwork within units	45.6	74.0	<0.01

PSC, patient safety score.

*The composite score is the average of individual rates of agreement with items within dimensions as described in the Methods section.

†Hospital benchmarking data derived from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).²²