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Table 7.

Intercorrelations of Hospital SOPS Composites and Patient Safety Grades at the Individual, Unit, and Hospital Levels of Analysis

HSOPS Composite	COM- MUN	ER FREQ	FEED	HAND- OFF	MGMT	NON PUN	ORG LRN	OVER- ALL	STAFF	SUPV	TEAM-AC	TEAM- IN	GRADE
Frequency of event reporting (ERFREQ)

Individual	.36	1

Unit	.40	1

Hospital	.52	1

Feedback & communication about error (FEED)

Individual	.62	.45	1

Unit	.70	.52	1

Hospital	.72	.65	1

Handoffs & transitions (HANDOFF)

Individual	.34	.28	.34	1

Unit	.29	.31	.32	1

Hospital	.35	.41	.42	1

Management support for patient safety (MGMT)

Individual	.44	.35	.50	.46	1

Unit	.46	.40	.57	.50	1

Hospital	.50	.53	.67	.58	1

Nonpunitive response to error (NONPUN)

Individual	.49	.23	.37	.33	.37	1

Unit	.64	.32	.52	.35	.48	1

Hospital	.61	.42	.51	.55	.51	1

Organizational learning--Continuous improvement (ORGLRN)

Individual	.48	.36	.58	.30	.54	.36	1

Unit	.56	.47	.70	.31	.62	.48	1

Hospital	.56	.58	.73	.32	.67	.39	1

Overall perceptions of patient safety (OVERALL)

Individual	.47	.37	.50	.45	.60	.44	.54	1

Unit	.58	.42	.63	.46	.69	.60	.64	1

Hospital	.64	.55	.70	.62	.75	.67	.64	1

Staffing (STAFF)

Individual	.34	.19	.31	.37	.42	.43	.33	.56	1

Unit	.39	.25	.43	.45	.52	.50	.43	.67	1

Hospital	.42	.31	.46	.62	.56	.58	.38	.76	1

Supervisor/Mgr expectations & actions promoting patient safety (SUPV)

Individual	.57	.33	.57	.32	.51	.45	.54	.53	.40	1

Unit	.67	.42	.70	.34	.57	.60	.65	.62	.45	1

Hospital	.67	.56	.75	.38	.65	.55	.68	.70	.48	1

Teamwork across units (TEAMAC)

Individual	.38	.28	.39	.64	.55	.33	.39	.46	.34	.37	1

Unit	.37	.33	.43	.71	.63	.43	.44	.52	.45	.41	1

Hospital	.39	.41	.50	.81	.69	.52	.51	.64	.57	.48	1

Teamwork within units (TEAMIN)

Individual	.49	.27	.44	.33	.39	.38	.51	.46	.36	.46	.41	1

Unit	.61	.36	.56	.37	.42	.53	.61	.60	.43	.57	.45	1

Hospital	.62	.46	.60	.47	.53	.54	.71	.69	.49	.62	.61	1

Patient safety grade (GRADE)

Individual	.49	.38	.52	.40	.57	.37	.53	.66	.43	.52	.43	.49	1

Unit	.56	.40	.59	.39	.60	.51	.58	.73	.53	.57	.46	.56	1

Hospital	.56	.43	.59	.41	.57	.51	.54	.69	.52	.58	.49	.57	1

Number of Events Reported (Events)

Individual	.02	.003^ns	.07	.12	.10	.003^ns	.02	.14	.04	.03	.10	.03	.12

Unit	.04	.09	.05	.14	.11	.06	.03 ^ns	.17	.10	.02 ^ns	.07	.04 ^ns	.15

Hospital	.09 ^ns	.06 ^ns	.13	.15	.06 ^ns	.08 ^ns	.01 ^ns	.14	.12	.06 ^ns	.07 ^ns	.05 ^ns	.16

^nsSignifies correlations that are not significant at p < .05.