ABIM Foundation: Why Don't Patients Trust Their Doctors?

1. They spend too little time with me: 25%
2. They do not know me: 14%
3. They do not listen to me: 14%
4. They do not give me all the information: 10%
5. They are too financially motivated: 8%
6. They do not make eye contact with me: 3%
7. Other: 25%

Notes: From "Surveys of Trust in the U.S. Health Care System." The general public survey was fielded using NORC’s AmeriSpeak panel to a sample of 2,069 adults nationwide from December 29, 2020 – January 26, 2021.
Source: The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, May 21, 2021
Source URL: https://buildingtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021052...

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