As of August 2023, some 30 percent of Black U.S. adults mentioned that they only sometimes trust doctors or other health care providers. While a further three percent mentioned that they do not trust health care providers. However, nearly seven out of ten U.S. adults across all racial groups indicated that they trust doctors and other health care providers all or most of the time to do what is right for them and their community.
Distribution of level of trust adults had in doctors and other health care providers to do what is right for them and their community in the U.S. as of August 2023, by race
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (February 25, 2024). Distribution of level of trust adults had in doctors and other health care providers to do what is right for them and their community in the U.S. as of August 2023, by race [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1454562/trust-in-healthcare-providers-by-race-in-the-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Distribution of level of trust adults had in doctors and other health care providers to do what is right for them and their community in the U.S. as of August 2023, by race." Chart. February 25, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1454562/trust-in-healthcare-providers-by-race-in-the-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2024). Distribution of level of trust adults had in doctors and other health care providers to do what is right for them and their community in the U.S. as of August 2023, by race. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1454562/trust-in-healthcare-providers-by-race-in-the-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Distribution of Level of Trust Adults Had in Doctors and Other Health Care Providers to Do What Is Right for Them and Their Community in The U.S. as of August 2023, by Race." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1454562/trust-in-healthcare-providers-by-race-in-the-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Distribution of level of trust adults had in doctors and other health care providers to do what is right for them and their community in the U.S. as of August 2023, by race Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1454562/trust-in-healthcare-providers-by-race-in-the-us/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Distribution of level of trust adults had in doctors and other health care providers to do what is right for them and their community in the U.S. as of August 2023, by race [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, February 25, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1454562/trust-in-healthcare-providers-by-race-in-the-us/