Table 3 Proportion of respondents who gave negative assessments of the hypothetical scenario across the eight versions of the scenario.

Version of questionnaire	Staff responsiveness to error	Disclosure of error	Consequences of error	N	Respondents' assessments of hypothetical scenario
					Care was bad or very bad (%)	Patient was treated in unsafe conditions (%)	Would not recommend the hospital (%)
1	Rapid	Yes	Minor	151	34.0	27.9	13.1
2	Rapid	No	Minor	166	55.7	43.5	17.4
3	Slow	Yes	Minor	165	70.4	55.9	17.9
4	Slow	No	Minor	148	79.2	71.0	30.8
5	Rapid	Yes	Serious	162	71.8	58.8	18.6
6	Rapid	No	Serious	166	85.8	69.6	35.8
7	Slow	Yes	Serious	160	82.7	72.3	28.4
8	Slow	No	Serious	156	89.5	82.5	42.1