Table 7-9. Trending: Average Distribution of Number of Events Reported in the Past 12 Months
| Patient
Safety Culture Composites |
Average Percent
of Respondents within Hospitals |
| Most Recent |
Previous |
Change |
Maximum Increase |
Maximum Decrease |
Average Increase |
Average Decrease |
| No events |
52% |
55% |
-3% |
35% |
-45% |
6% |
-12% |
| 1 to 2 events |
27% |
25% |
2% |
28% |
-25% |
8% |
-5% |
| 3 to 5 events |
13% |
13% |
0% |
32% |
-19% |
4% |
-6% |
| 6 to 10 events |
5% |
4% |
1% |
12% |
-13% |
3% |
-2% |
| 11 to 20 events |
2% |
2% |
0% |
17% |
-8% |
2% |
-2% |
| 21 event reports or more |
1% |
1% |
0% |
7% |
-6% |
2% |
-2% |
Note: Based on data from 98 hospitals that repeated survey administration and data submission; the number of respondents was 20,902 in the most recent database and 17,868 in the previous database. Average percent positive totals in the table may not sum to exactly 100% due to rounding of decimals.
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