Medical Economics August 5, 2024
Continuing survey shows decline, but researchers say trust is a complex thing.
Trust in doctors and hospitals plummeted from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to early 2024, according to a new study.
A repeating survey of thousands of American adults with “a lot of trust for physicians and hospitals” declined from 71.5% in April 2020 to 40.1% in January this year. More trust was associated with greater likelihood of COVID-19 vaccination. But as of summer 2023, features associated with lower trust were being aged 25 and 64 years, female gender, lower educational levels, lower income, Black race, and living in rural settings, according to the findings.
“This study suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with a continuing...
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