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Qualitative methods to assess safety culture in hospitals
| Number of studies* | %† | |
| Interviews | 23 | 74.2 |
| Framework or theory | 11 | 35.5 |
| Focus groups | 9 | 29 |
| Observations | 5 | 16.1 |
| Document analysis | 5 | 16.1 |
| Ethnography | 2 | 6.5 |
*Frequencies exceed the total number of qualitative/mixed methods studies due to studies using multiple methods/tools.
†% based on total number of qualitative and mixed methods studies (n=31).
