Table 4.

Preferred types of public performance reporting information*

	N (%)
Costs of surgery	144 (59.3%)
Complication rates	141 (58.0%)
Successful recovery	138 (56.8%)
Patient’s experience/satisfaction	132 (54.3%)
Medical errors	110 (45.3%)
Waiting times	109 (44.9%)
Readmission rates	91 (37.4%)
Mortality rates	72 (29.6%)
Length of stay	45 (18.5%)

*Total does not reflect 100% as patients could select multiple factors.