Table 4.
Chi-squared test comparing patient safety grades and the number of events reported between 2012 and 2019
| Patient safety grade | 2012 N (%) |
2015 N (%) |
2017 N (%) |
2019 N (%) |
P value |
| Poor/Failing | 119 (4.8%) | 57 (2.3%) | 67 (2.6%) | 18 (1.9%) | <0.001 |
| Acceptable | 632 (25.6%) | 654 (26.6%) | 614 (24.2%) | 230 (24%) | |
| Excellent/Very good | 1714 (69.5) | 1747 (71.1%) | 1859 (73.2%) | 710 (74.1%) | |
| Number of events reported | |||||
| No event reports | 1275 (52.7%) | 1364 (55.8%) | 1180 (47.3%) | 427 (45.3%) | <0.001 |
| 1–5 event reports | 992 (41%) | 940 (38.4%) | 1092 (43.8%) | 440 (46.7%) | |
| >5 event reports | 154 (6.4%) | 141 (5.8%) | 223 (8.9%) | 75 (8%) | |