Table 2.

Positioning of the Hospital Ethics Committee within the hospital

1. Positioning (Multiple answers allowed)	n = 47
Directly under the hospital director or an advisory board to the hospital director	32
Subordinate to the highest decision-making body of hospital administration	9
Belonging to a committee or department in charge of patient safety	6
Same committee as REC	3
Subordinate to REC	1
Others	5
2. When it became a separate committee from REC	n = 39
〜1989	0
1990〜1999	1
2000〜2005	1
2006〜2010	6
2011〜2015	11
2016 〜	20
3. The reason for separate HEC from REC (Multiple answers allowed)	n = 41
To address JCQHC certification	23
Compliance to guidelines	5
Requests from staff	10
Occurrence of cases requiring HEC	14
Overload of REC	2
Unknown	8
Others	3
4. Report to hospital director (Multiple answers allowed)	n = 44
Circulation of minutes	27
Report submission	17
Attendance of hospital director	8
No report to hospital director	2