Trust in the Healthcare System and Physicians in Croatia: A Survey of the General Population.

ABSTRACT: Trust in healthcare systems and physicians is considered important for the delivery of good healthcare. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a random three-stage sample of the general population of Croatia (N = 1230), stratified by regions. Of respondents, 58.7% displayed a high or very high level of trust in the healthcare system, 65.6% in physicians, and 78.3% in their family physician. Respondents' views regarding patients' roles in the discussion of treatment options, confidence in physicians' expertise, and underlying motives of physicians were mixed. Respondents with a lower level of education, those with low monthly incomes, and those from smaller settlements had lower levels of trust in physicians and the healthcare system. Trust in other institutions, religiosity and religiou

SUBMITTER: Nikodem K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8796022 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature