The public’s voice about healthcare quality regulation policies. A population-based survey

Table 3 Mean scores on responsibility (1 = no responsibility, 5 = full responsibility) of various stakeholders for quality in the Dutch healthcare, education and food service industry (N = 819-838)^a

	Health care	Education	Food service
Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate \| Dutch Inspectorate of Education \| Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority	4.42^a	4.52^a	4.36^a
Care providers \| Teachers \| Personnel who prepare food	4.29^a	4.46	4.43
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sports \| Minister of Education, Culture and Science \| Minister of Economic Affairs	4.17	4.23	3.74^a
Managers	4.11^a	4.38^a	4.41
Direct colleagues of care providers \| Direct colleagues of teachers \| Direct colleagues of personnel who prepare food	3.92^a	4.20^a	4.13^a
European Union	3.41^a	3.48^a	3.32^a
Patients \| Students and their parents \| Consumers	2.98	3.22	2.70

^aSignificant score of responsibility compared to group of stakeholders with lower score. Intergroup comparisons were tested using the Wilcoxon signed rank test [47]. P-values of <0.05 were considered significant

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