Considering the underlying importance of trust, there is too little research into the
understanding, protection and recovery of trust in health care systems, not only for the …

Purpose–This paper presents some key theoretical issues about trust, and seeks to
demonstrate their relevance to understanding of, and research on, health systems. Although …

Policy Points First, policymakers can create conditions that will facilitate public trust in health
care organizations by making creating and enforcing health policies that make exploitative …

Purpose–The aim of this paper is to provide a rationale for examining trust in health care.
Design/methodology/approach–Conducts a review of the literature of trust relations in health …

Objectives Despite increasing research attention on public trust in health care systems,
empirical evidence on this topic in the developing world is limited and inconclusive. This …

Purpose–If public trust in health care is to be used as a performance indicator for health care
systems, its measurement has to be sensitive to changes in the health care system. For this …

People's trust in the health system plays a role in explaining one's access to and utilization
of medical care, adherence to medications, continuity of care, and even self-reported health …

Purpose–The aim of this paper is to draw together suggestions for future research from the
papers and from the discussion that took place at the workshop. Design/methodology …

Purpose–This paper seeks to address how and why trust relations in the NHS may be
changing and presents a theoretical framework for exploring them in future empirical …

Background Trust in health care has been intensely researched in resource rich settings.
Some studies in resource poor settings suggest that the dimensions and determinants of …