Trust in Healthcare: Patients do not Trust their Insurance Company; Physicians do not Trust their Administrators
Dear Colleagues:
For those of you who do not use LinkedIn or who do not know of Eric Bricker MD, here is a link to an interesting post he has made on LinkedIn regarding the above topic:
Here are some interesting statistics he offers:
66% of #Patients DO NOT #Trust Health #Insurance Companies... Plus Other Stats on Trust in Healthcare.
The American Board of Internal Medicine Conducted a Patient and Doctor Survey on Trust.
Patient #Ranking of Trust in Different Groups in #Healthcare:
85% Trust #Nurses
84% Trust #Doctors
56% Trust the #Government in Health Matters
34% Trust #Pharmaceutical Companies
33% Trust #HealthInsurance Companies
2% of Patients Trust #Hospitals, However ONLY 53% of Doctors Trust Hospital Executives... That Seems to be a LOW Level of Trust by Doctors in Hospital Executives.
If Patients Largely Trust Doctors, Who Do Doctors Trust?
Doctor Ranking of Trust in Different Groups in Healthcare:
94% Trust Other Doctors in Their #Practice
85% Trust Doctors #Outside of Their Practice
78% Trust the Government in Health Matters
47% Trust Pharmaceutical Companies
19% Trust Health Insurance Companies
If We Want Change in Healthcare, Then Drive for Change Must Come from a Trusted #Source.
Given the Low Level of Trust by Both Patients and Doctors in Health Insurance Companies, Insurers Are NOT a Likely Driver of Patient or Doctor #BehaviorChange in Healthcare.
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Kind Regards,
Jon “J.P.” Warner MD
Founder, CSS
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