title: Public trust: reclaiming or preserving?
abstract: The public trusts hospitals for their diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities, while resentful of the high costs of care. A comprehensive national health care program will increase the public's distrust of health care when its goals are not met. It is more desirable to incrementally add benefits in a national program beginning with a catastrophic coverage program to assure the public's trust.
authors.affiliation: TriBrook Group, Westmont, IL.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002017:Budgets; D003363:Cost Control; D004465:Economic Competition; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007354:Insurance, Major Medical / Q000191:economics; D011639:Public Opinion