Abstract

Background Public trust in health-care providers is key to an efficient and equitable health system. China’s health reforms are thought to have caused a collapse of trust in health-care institutions, but actual levels of distrust and their implications for health-care utilisation are unknown. Methods We investigated levels of distrust in clinics and hospitals and their impact on hospital utilisation in urban and rural China. A nationally representative survey (n = 3,680, …

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