Economics & Sociology
ISSN: 2071-789X eISSN: 2306-3459 DOI: 10.14254/2071-789XIndex PUBMS: f5512f57-a601-11e7-8f0e-080027f4daa0
Article information
| Title: | THE INFLUENCE OF TRUST IN THE DOCTOR-PATIENT AGENCY RELATIONSHIP |
| Issue: |
Vol. 4, No 1a, 2011
Published date: 20-07-2011 (print) / 20-07-2011 (online) |
| Journal: |
Economics & Sociology
ISSN: 2071-789X, eISSN: 2306-3459 |
| Authors: | Katarzyna Krot |
| Keywords: | health, agency relationship, moral hazard, trust, Poland |
| DOI: | 10.14254/2071-789X.2011/4-1a/12 |
| Index PUBMS: | 228c7a5a-aa13-11e7-8eae-080027f4daa0 |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 179-196 (18) |
| JEL classification: | I11 |
| Website: | https://www.economics-sociology.eu/?149,en_the-influence-of-trust-in-the-doctor-patient-agency-relationship |
Abstract
The aim of this article is to explain the essence of the doctor-patient agency relationship in the health care system and to make an attempt to demonstrate the influence of trust on this relationship. Information asymmetry in the doctor-patient relationship and the willingness to decrease the sense of uncertainty may cause both parties to become inclined to abuse (moral hazard). Therefore, it seems that building trust between the doctor and the patient will reduce the effects of this relationship. The qualitative study conducted confirms that limited trust in doctors encourages some subjects to repeat medically unjustified visits to the doctor.