Retail Health Care Clinics

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Retail Clinics Play Growing Role in Health Care Marketplace

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Retail health care clinics provide treatment for acute conditions like bronchitis as well as vaccinations and other preventive care. With the role of retail clinics expanding and U.S. health care entering a dynamic period of change, it is important to consider what we know about this emerging health care setting.

Journal Articles (13)

Evidence About Whether Retail Medical Clinics Disrupt Doctor-Patient Relationships Is Mixed — Oct 31, 2012

People who visit retail medical clinics are less likely to return to a primary care physician for future illnesses and have less continuity of care. However, no evidence suggests that retail medical clinics disrupt preventive care or management of diabetes, two important measures of quality of primary care.

Use of Retail Medical Clinics Continues to Grow; Older Patients and Preventive Services on Rise — Aug 15, 2012

Visits to retail medical clinics increased four-fold from 2007 to 2009, with the proportion of patients over age 65 growing from 8 to 19 percent of all visits during this period. More than 44 percent of visits occurred on the weekend or other hours when physician offices typically are closed.

Growth of Retail Clinics in Vaccination Delivery in the U.S. — Jul 1, 2012

Retail clinics play a growing role in delivering vaccinations to Americans, and vaccinations constitute a substantial share of retail clinic business.

Use of Retail Medical Clinics Rises Tenfold Over Two-Year Period — Nov 22, 2011

Use of retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other retail settings increased tenfold between 2007 and 2009. The determining factors in choosing one over a physician's office were found to be age, health status, income, and proximity to the clinic.

Reengineering the Clinical Research Enterprise to Involve More Community Clinicians — Apr 4, 2011

This paper presents a model for the reorganization of clinical research to foster long-term participation by community clinicians.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Communities Served By Retail Clinics — Jan 1, 2010

To better understand the potential for retail clinics, the authors describe the sociodemographic characteristics of the communities in which they operate.

The Growth of Retail Clinics and the Medical Home: Two Trends in Concert or in Conflict? — Jan 1, 2010

There has been growing interest in the patient-centered medical home as a way to provide coordinated, high-quality primary care.

Many Emergency Department Visits Could Be Managed at Urgent Care Centers and Retail Clinics — Jan 1, 2010

About 14-27 percent of all emergency department visits could take place at retail clinics and urgent care centers, with a potential cost savings of approximately $4.4 billion annually.

Comparing Costs and Quality of Care at Retail Clinics with That of Other Medical Settings for 3 Common Illnesses — Sep 1, 2009

Retail clinics are an increasingly popular source for medical care. Concerns have been raised about the effect of these clinics on the cost, quality, and delivery of preventive care. The authors compare the care received at retail clinics for 3 acute conditions with that received at other care settings. Retail clinics provide less costly treatment than physician offices or urgent care centers for 3 common illnesses, with no apparent adverse effect on quality of care or delivery of preventive care.

The Geographic Accessibility of Retail Clinics for Underserved Populations — Jan 1, 2009

The extent to which retail clinics provide access to care for underserved populations remains largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine whether retail clinics tend to be located in census tracts with higher medical need.

The Geographic Distribution, Ownership, Prices, and Scope of Practice at Retail Clinics — Jan 1, 2009

Cross-sectional descriptive study describes characteristics of retail clinics, including their location, scope of practice, prices, acceptance of insurance, and ownership, and to estimate the proportion of the U.S. population that lives within a short driving distance of such a clinic.

Retail Medical Clinics Attract Patients Who Do Not Have Regular Health Care Providers — Sep 10, 2008

Retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other stores typically attract insured and uninsured patients who are seeking help for a small group of easy-to-treat illnesses or preventive care and do not otherwise have a regular health care provider.

Scope of Rapid HIV Testing in Private Nonprofit Urban Community Health Settings in the United States — Jan 1, 2008

The authors examined patterns of rapid HIV testing in a multistage national random sample of private, nonprofit, urban community clinics and community-based organizations to determine the extent of rapid HIV test availability outside the public health system.

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Ateev Mehrotra is a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Prior to this, he worked as a researcher at the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the…

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