Variation in perception of safety culture in out-of-hours family medicine service in Croatia

Abstract

The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) is among the most frequently cited tools for measuring safety culture in healthcare settings. Its ambulatory version was used in this study. The aim was to assess safety culture in out-of-hours (OOH) family medicine service and its variation across job positions, regions, and respondents’ demographic characteristic.

Keywords

• patient safety
• attitudes of health personnel
• safety
• management
• surveys
• questionnaires, out-of-hours care
• family medicine
• croatia
• varnost pacientov
• odnos zdravstvenega osebja
• upravljanje varnosti, ankete
• vprašalniki
• dežurna ambulanta
• družinska medicina
• hrvaška