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

Table 7 The mediating role of doctor communication skills

	Path A	Path B	Path C	Path C′
	Direct effects of contract service on doctor communication skills	Direct effects of doctor communication skills on trust	Direct effects of contact service on trust	Coeffect of doctor communication skills and contract service
Contract service	0.289^***		0.173^***	0.101^**
Doctor communication skills		0.200^***		0.190^***
₋Cons	5.203^***	1.997^***	3.039^***	2.047^***
Adjust-R²	0.104	0.173	0.074	0.180
p	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.000

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