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Table 2 Health Care System Distrust Scale Questions and Subscales. aItem is reverse scored

From: Do prisoners trust the healthcare system?

 

Competence / Value Subscale

1. The health care system does its best to make patients’ health better.a

C

2. The health care system covers up its mistakes.

V

3. Patients receive high-quality medical care from the health care system.a

C

4. The health care system makes too many mistakes.

C

5. The health care system puts making money above patients’ needs.

V

6. The health care system gives excellent medical care.a

C

7. Patients get the same medical treatment from the health care system, no matter what the patient’s race or ethnicity.a

V

8. The health care system lies to make money.

V

9. The health care system experiments on patients without them knowing.

V