HEALTH SUBSECTORS OVER TIME Percent trust in each subsector - 0 + Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2015 to 2021 6yr. Subsector 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Trend Hospitals 65 69 72 74 73 71 70 +5 Biotech 60 62 64 64 64 65 61 +1 Health insurance 55 58 60 62 63 61 59 +4 Consumer health 55 58 58 59 60 59 57 +2 Pharmaceutical companies 55 55 56 56 57 56 56 +1 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_SUB_HEA. Now thinking about specific sectors within the health industry, please indicate how much you trust businesses ineach of the following sectors to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Question asked of one-fifth of the sample. General population, 22-mkt avg. 39