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While many physicians in the United States report frustrations with their work<\/a>, the public continues to hold health care providers in high regard.<\/p>\n\n

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Nearly nine-in-ten Americans (87%) who have seen a health care provider in the past year say their concerns or descriptions of symptoms were carefully listened to, and 84% say they felt their provider \u201creally cared about (their) health and well-being,\u201d according to a Pew Research Center survey<\/a> conducted in spring 2016. Just 23% of patients said they \u201cfelt rushed by their health care provider,\u201d and even fewer (15%) felt confused about instructions they got for treatment or at-home care.<\/p>\n\n

These findings come despite a range of negative experiences reported by health care providers themselves. Professional burnout, for example, is reportedly on the rise<\/a> among physicians due to long work hours and excessive administrative burdens. Pediatricians find it harder to do their jobs as they confront a growing number<\/a> of\u00a0parents who are hesitant to vaccinate their children.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Adding to this pressure, the medical personnel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have had to cope with some 750 potentially serious health threats<\/a> in the past two years, even as the agency faces budget uncertainties<\/a> in the year ahead.\u00a0Medical professionals and other stakeholders also have been\u00a0shut out<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of congressional deliberations about repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, their own patients have grown more critical about the country\u2019s health care system: A\u00a02014 Pew Research Center survey<\/span><\/a>\u00a0found that just 26% of adults say U.S. health care is above average or the best in the world, down from 39% in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Health care providers are not the only medical professionals who receive favorable ratings from the public. Medical scientists are likewise held in high esteem.<\/p>\n\n

For example, in a 2016 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>, 84% of Americans expressed at least a fair amount of confidence in medical scientists to act in the best interests of the public. And a 2013 survey<\/a> revealed that 66% of Americans believe doctors contribute \u201ca lot\u201d to the well-being of society \u2013 a higher rating than for the clergy, journalists and business executives.<\/p>\n\n

Moreover, although pediatricians are confronting an increasing number of vaccine-hesitant parents, the majority of the U.S. public still wants them engaged in the issue. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (73%) believe<\/a> that medical scientists should have a major role in policy decisions related to childhood vaccines.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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