Development of abbreviated measures to assess patient trust in a physician, a health insurer, and the medical profession

Table 2 The association of patient trust in a physician and key variables.

	5-item scale national sample	5-item scale HMO sample
Satisfaction with the physician	0.729	0.778
Would recommend physician	0.726	Na
General satisfaction with care	0.478	Na
Desire to change physicians	-0.660	-0.686
Number of years under dr.'s care	0.120	0.093
Number of visits to physician	0.127	0.150

Pearson correlation coefficients for continuous variables, Spearman correlation coefficients for categorical variables. All correlations significant at p < 0.001.

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