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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Quality Assurance and Patient Safety Measures: A Comparative Longitudinal Analysis.

Rafael Manzanera, Diego Moya, Mercedes Guilabert, Manel Plana, Gloria Gálvez, Jordi Ortner, José Joaquín Mira

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Patient Safety Culture in Latin American Hospitals: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  4. Differences in Perception of Healthcare Management between Patients and Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  7. Rationing of Nursing Care and Patient Safety.Frontiers in psychology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Rafael ManzaneraHealth and Economic Benefits Department, MC-Mutual, 08037 Barcelona, Spain. rmanzanera@mc-mutual.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9817-5575
Diego MoyaHealth and Economic Benefits Department, MC-Mutual, 08037 Barcelona, Spain. dmoya@mc-mutual.com.
Mercedes GuilabertHealth Psychology Department, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03202 Elche, Spain. mguilabert@umh.es.ORCID 0000-0002-0706-9911
Manel PlanaHealth and Economic Benefits Department, MC-Mutual, 08037 Barcelona, Spain. mplana@mc-mutual.com.
Gloria GálvezPatient Attention and Social Work Department, Vall d'Hebron University General Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain. ggalvez@vhebron.net.ORCID 0000-0001-7980-1297
Jordi OrtnerHealth and Economic Benefits Department, MC-Mutual, 08037 Barcelona, Spain. jortner@mc-mutual.com.
José Joaquín MiraHealth Psychology Department, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03202 Elche, Spain. jose.mira@umh.es.ORCID 0000-0001-6497-083X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo analyze whether the results on quality assurance and safety culture in a healthcare organization are related to and affected by the actions implemented.

settingHealth Insurance of Work-related Accidents and Occupational Diseases.

methodsThe study was conducted as a longitudinal observational study that analyzed the relationship of the Safety Culture and Quality Assurance measurements. Participants who were involved came from small centers with less than eight workers (

resultsA total of 595 healthcare professionals responded in 2015 and 491 in 2016. The scores showed a positive progression both in Quality Assurance (

conclusionsThe assessments of the quality assurance goals were consistent with the safety culture assessment. Hence, the results on Safety Culture were observed to be more stable over time.

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Accidents, OccupationalAdultHumansLongitudinal StudiesOccupational DiseasesPatient SafetyQuality Assurance, Health CareSafety Managementhealthcare organizationpatient safetyquality assurance

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PMID30042354
PMCPMC6121676

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