Positive Safety Culture

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI): Victorian Health Services Performance
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Workforce

Defining Attributes

Definition

The percentage of staff with an overall positive response to safety culture questions in the People Matter Survey.

Numerator

The percentage of staff with an overall positive response to safety culture questions in the People Matter Survey.

Denominator

The number of staff responses to safety culture questions in the People Matter Survey.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

People Matter Healthcare Worker Survey

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods

Victoria State Government Department of Health - Health.vic reporting dashboard

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025