Table 2.

Frequency of most preferred ethical principle

First choice	Frequency	Per cent
Lottery	11	2.4
First‐come, first‐served	12	2.6
Sickest first	151	32.3
Youngest first	45	9.6
Save the most lives	196	41.9
Prognosis or life‐years	24	5.1
Instrumental value	24	5.1
Reciprocity	5	1.1
Total	468	100