Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report

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	Teaching Status		Ownership and Control
Number of Events Reported by Respondents	Teaching	Non-teaching	Govt	Non-govt
	135 Hospitals	384 Hospitals	127 Hospitals	392 Hospitals
	70,495 Respond- ents	89,681 Respond- ents	17,482 Respond- ents	142,694 Respond- ents
No events	53%	52%	52%	52%
1 to 2 events	28%	28%	27%	28%
3 to 5 events	12%	13%	13%	13%
6 to 10 events	4%	5%	5%	5%
11 to 20 events	2%	2%	2%	2%
21 event reports or more	1%	1%	1%	1%

Note: Average percent totals in the table may not sum to exactly 100 percent due to rounding of decimals.