BACKGROUND In many different countries the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) is used to assess the safety culture in hospitals. Accordingly, the questionnaire has been translated into Dutch for application in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to examine the underlying dimensions and psychometric properties of the questionnaire in Dutch hospital settings, and to compare ...

INTRODUCTION Torsion of the testis is a well known entity having been first described in detail in 1840. To establish if the management of torsion of the testis has changed in recent years we have carried out a retrospective review of cases presenting to three teaching hospitals and two district general hospitals in Northern Ireland over the three years to 1985. METHODS

BACKGROUND The purposes of this paper were to examine whether patient dumping has occurred under the National Health Insurance and to explore hospital administrators' attitudes toward the practice of patient dumping in Taiwan. METHODS The study subjects were administrators in general hospitals that were accredited by the Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation as medical centers, re...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the barriers to and factors facilitating the operation of patient safety incident reporting systems. METHODS A qualitative study that used a methodological triangulation method was conducted. Participants were those who were involved in or responsible for managing incident reporting at hospitals, and they were recruited via a snowballing sampling method....

Introduction. To determine patient cosmetic satisfaction following nasal fracture manipulation under general anaesthetic when offered at different time intervals after injury. Materials and Methods. Prospective chart review of adult patients with nasal fractures treated by closed reduction at a busy district general hospital in Greater London over a 10-month period. Patients were asked by a sta...