Table 6.

Correlation Between the Participants’ Overall Accuracy in Differentiating Medical Errors From Medical Complications and Items Reflecting Their Views on Medical Errors

	Mean ± SD	How Common are Medical Errors?	All Medical Errors are Reported	Medical Errors are Considered a Problem in the Healthcare Sector*	The Health System is Designed to Reduce Errors
Accuracy in differentiating medical errors from medical complications	71.1 ±18.2	–0.309**	–0.151**	–0.222**	–0.178**

Notes: *Inverse score, ** = Correlation is significant at the P < 0.01 level (2-tailed).