Results of direct ranking, ranked by percentage ranked first
| Attributes | Mean rank | SD | Ranked first (%) | Ranked top 3 (%)* |
| Breast cancer† | ||||
| 4) Preserved breast contour | 5.10 | 1.69 | 73.8 | 83.8 |
| 1) Volume | 3.60 | 1.59 | 10.8 | 53.8 |
| 5) Combination surgery | 3.21 | 1.57 | 7.7 | 38.5 |
| 3) Waiting time 2 | 2.89 | 1.53 | 3.1 | 35.4 |
| 6) Tumour residual | 2.98 | 1.24 | 3.1 | 21.5 |
| 2) Waiting time 1 | 3.22 | 1.34 | 1.5 | 47.7 |
| Colon cancer‡ | ||||
| 5) Failure to rescue | 3.67 | 1.31 | 33.9 | 67.2 |
| 3) Tumour residual | 3.13 | 1.53 | 33.9 | 64.4 |
| 1) Volume | 2.43 | 1.51 | 13.6 | 37.3 |
| 4) Complications | 2.70 | 1.36 | 11.9 | 42.4 |
| 2) Waiting time | 3.22 | 1.03 | 6.8 | 72.9 |
*Can add up to more than 100%.
†Scaled from 1 to 6 (from least to most important).
‡Scaled from 1 to 5 (from least to most important).