Table 1.

Factor Analysis Table for the public perception of causes that contributed to the appearance of the crisis in Suceava County; Rotated Component Matrix ^a.

	Component			Communalities
	F1	F2	F3
The political appointment of hospital leadership lacking necessary professional qualifications and competencies	0.892			0.824
Corruption at the level of local leadership structures	0.875			0.821
The continuation of informal pay (bribery), despite significant wage increases and the conditioning of the medical act	0.589		0.497	0.601
The lack of adherence to safety measures by citizens		0.891		0.797
The dishonest behavior of individuals who did not provide accurate information about being exposed to contamination risks		0.776		0.636
The lack of firm sanctioning (by local police and authorities etc.) of individuals who did not respect the restrictions imposed		0.642		0.485
The inadequate attitude of medical staff towards the growth risk of the epidemic			0.868	0.809
Deviations from professional conduct of medical staff			0.864	0.783
% of variance	25.14	23.58	23.20

^a Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization. Rotation converged in 4 iterations.