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Peter G. Norton

Researcher at University of Calgary

Publications -  97
Citations -  5831

Peter G. Norton is an academic researcher from University of Calgary. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Patient safety. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 97 publications receiving 5258 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter G. Norton include University of Toronto.

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The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada

TL;DR: The overall incidence rate of AEs of 7.5% in this study suggests that, of the almost 2.5 million annual hospital admissions in Canada similar to the type studied, about 185 000 are associated with an AE and close to 70 000 of these are potentially preventable.
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Health researchers in Alberta: an exploratory comparison of defining characteristics and knowledge translation activities.

TL;DR: These findings illustrate important differences between health researchers and provide beginning insights into their professional characteristics and engagement in Mode I and Mode II activities.
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Development and assessment of the Alberta Context Tool

TL;DR: The development and initial psychometric validation of the Alberta Context Tool (ACT), an eight dimension measure of organizational context for healthcare settings, and its strengths are its brevity (allowing it to be completed in busy healthcare settings) and its focus on dimensions of organizational Context that are modifiable.
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Association of socio-economic status with diabetes prevalence and utilization of diabetes care services

TL;DR: Low income is associated with a higher prevalence of diabetes and a higher population rate of referral to this regional DEC, and the equal proportions referred to the DEC across income groups suggest that there is no access bias based on income.
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An educational intervention to enhance nurse leaders' perceptions of patient safety culture.

TL;DR: Sensitively delivered training initiatives for nurse leaders can help to foster a safety culture and organizational leadership support for improvement is also critical for fostering a culture of safety.