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From: The impact of contract service policy and doctor communication skills on rural patient-doctor trust relationship in the village clinics of three counties

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Doctors communication skills as a mediator between contract service and trust. Note: Path A: the IV (contract service) significant influences the DV (trust) in the absence of the mediator (doctor communication skills). Path B: the mediator (doctor communication skills) has a significant influence on DV (trust) and also means that the direct effect of doctor communication skills on the DV (trust). Path C: IV (contract service) significant influence the DV (trust). Path C′: the IV (contract service) significant influences the DV (trust) on the addition of the mediator (doctor communication skills). Model goodness-of-fit statistics: χ2 = 12.26, DF = 3, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.05

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