Perceptions of hospital safety climate and incidence of readmission.

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Published in Health Serv Res on November 24, 2010

Authors

Luke O Hansen1, Mark V Williams, Sara J Singer

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Hospital Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. l-hansen@northwestern.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Capturing Readmission Internationally to Prevent Readmission by Safer@Home Group (CURIOS@) | NCT02621723

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