The experiences, needs and expectations of patients regarding participation at home: an explorative study in Belgium.

Background: Patients have an important role in the improvement of their health. Patient participation is a key component to achieving this. Some form of patient participation is already present in home care, but this needs to be optimised.

Exploring and Evaluating Patient Safety Culture in a Community-Based Primary Care Setting.

Objectives: The primary aim was to measure patient safety culture in two home care services in Belgium (Flanders). In addition, variability based on respondents' profession was examined.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by administering the SCOPE-Primary Care questionnaire in two home care service organizations.

The SCOPE-PC instrument for assessing patient safety culture in primary care: a psychometric evaluation.

Introduction: Primary healthcare differs from hospitals in terms of - inter alia - organisational structure. Therefore, patient safety culture could differ between these settings. Various instruments have been developed to measure collective attitudes of personnel within a primary healthcare organisation.