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

BMC Health Services Research · 2005 · Vol. 5(1) · pp. 64–64

Elizabeth Dugan✉(Wake Forest University)Felicia Trachtenberg(New England Research Institutes)Mark A. Hall(Wake Forest University)

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Abstract

Assessment of data completeness, scale score dispersion characteristics, reliability and validity test results all provide evidence for the soundness of the abbreviated 5-item scales.

Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesCronbach's alphaRespondentMedicineNursing researchTest (biology)Health administrationFamily medicineScale (ratio)Health informaticsReliability (semiconductor)

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AdultAttitude to HealthFemaleHealth Maintenance OrganizationsHumansInsurance, HealthMaleMiddle AgedNorth CarolinaPhysician-Patient RelationsPhysiciansSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesReproducibility of ResultsPatient Satisfaction