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Table 4 The association of trust in health insurer and key variables.

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

 

5-item scale national sample

5-item scale HMO sample

Kao's trust scale

0.279

 

General satisfaction

0.465

 

Satisfaction with insurer

0.646

 

Desire to switch insurers

-0.753

-0.589

Original WFU 10 item scale

0.952

0.948

  1. Pearson correlation coefficients for continuous variables, Spearman correlation coefficients for dichotomous variables. All correlations significant at p < 0.001.
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BMC Health Services Research

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