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Objective To investigate the effect of the third party evaluation on improving the quality of medical service as well as the degree of patient trust in hospital.Methods Discharge patients from a two-level hospital in Minhang District was enrolled to evaluate their trust for medical service.Telephone follow-up were implemented in group A by the third party evaluation team.Group B was evaluated by the in-patient department when they left the hospital.These two evaluation methods were compared for the effects.Results During the first evaluation,1 073 people in group A,the equipartition satisfaction was 3.83 ± 0.57,the satisfaction rate was 54.99％.While in group B of 1 480 people,the equalization satisfaction was 3.83 ± 0.49,the satisfaction rate was 57.03％ (P＞0.05).At the fourth evaluation,1 233 people in group A and 1 512 people in group B were evaluated.Regarding group A,the patient satisfaction scores was 4.18 ± 0.33,patients satisfaction rate was 84.43％,the equipartition of patients referral was 3.44 ± 0.83,the equipartition of patients recommends the physician was 3.52 ±0.88,the equipartition of the doctor and patient had a quarrel was 4.33 ± 0.60,the equipartition of patients will find another doctor for diagnosis was 3.31 ± 0.72,the equipartition of patients expressed fully in accordance with the doctor's order of medication was 3.45 ± 0.72,group A were better than groupB (P＜0.05).Of the28 entries in the level of trust related to medical services,15 entries of group A were higher than group B (P＜0.05).In group A,the equipartition of moderate intensity activity was 3.62 ± 0.81,the equipartition of emotional coordination refers to 3.71 ± 0.76,the equipartition of family coordination was 3.69 ± 0.58,the equipartition of friends coordination was 3.73 ± 0.74,the equipartition of overall health was 3.31 ± 0.77,all were superior to group B (P＜0.05).Conclusions The third party evaluation is a supplementation for hospital management,which has positive effects on improving medical service quality of medical institutions,the hospital performance appraisal system,patients' experiences and trust degree.