Table 3. Comparison of Mean Scores of Hospital Ethical Climate Factors Between Public and Private Hospitals Using a t-test.

HECS a Factors	Mean Score ± SD		T (P value)	95% Confidence Interval of Differences
	Public Hospitals	Private Hospitals
Peers	4.12 ± 0.5	4.05 ± 0.64	0.60 (0.55)	-0.11, 0.20
Patients	3.94 ± 0.64	4.01 ± 0.65	-0.74 (0.46)	-0.25, 0.11
Managers	4.23 ± 0.77	4.24 ± 0.76	-0.21 (0.83)	-0.25, 0.20
Hospitals	3.37 ± 0.81	3.48 ± 0.88	-0.90 (0.36)	-0.35, 0.13
Physicians	3.31 ± 0.76	3.46 ± 0.73	-1.33 (0.18)	-0.36, 0.07
Total	3.76 ± 0.54	3.82 ± 0.61	-0.77 (0.44)	-0.23, 0.10

^a Abbreviations: HECS, Hospital Ethical Climate Survey