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Table 3 Analysis of demographic factors regarding the probability of choosing the correct definition of a complication

From: Official definitions for undesirable medical events

State

Probability of answer “a”

(complication; correct)

Probability of answer “b”

(side effect)

Probability of answer “c”

(adverse event)

Probability of answer “d”

(medical malpractice)

Vienna

0.376

0.347

0.202

0.075

Lower Austria

0.315

0.348

0.190

0.147

Burgenland

0.333

0.238

0.429

0.000

Styria

0.258

0.283

0.182

0.277

Carinthia

0.278

0.316

0.329

0.077

Upper Austria

0.284

0.216

0.278

0.222

Salzburg

0.345

0.241

0.207

0.207

Tirol

0.312

0.351

0.208

0.129

Vorarlberg

0.520

0.400

0.040

0.040