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MAY 20, 2013 | HOSPITALS & HEALTH NETWORKS: Retail Clinics: Friend? Foe? Something In Between?
The Minute and Take Care clinics of the world are becoming a growing force in the health care industry. Just how will they reshape the business? Should hospitals be viewing them as a friend, foe or something else in between?
MAY 20, 2013 | KALORAMA INFORMATION: Retail Clinics Appeal To High-Income Users: Kalorama Information Survey
Retail clinics, that is, clinics located in retail outlets such as drug stores, Targets and Walmarts, are likely to be visited by high-income patients, even a tad more than low-income patients, according to a new Kalorama Information report. The healthcare market research publisher has been covering retail clinics for six years and conducted a survey of US adults to determine retail clinic use and satisfaction. According to “Retail Clinics: Consumer Attitudes Results of the 2013 Kalorama Survey”, just 16% of retail clinic users were from a household under 25,000.
APRIL 14, 2013 | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: When a Retail Clinic Will Suffice
Can't shake a cold or need a camp physical for your child? One option is to visit a clinic nestled in your local pharmacy. Such clinics are spreading and might be priced at a discount to your local doctor's office.
MAY 7, 2013 | EXAMINER: Retail Health Facilities, A New Way to Get Sports and Camp Physicals
It is a Sunday morning and your child has been up all night, coughing, sneezing, and maybe even with a fever.
APRIL 5, 2013 | THE REPORTER: Walgreens Clinics Expand Care
Walgreen Co. has stretched the reach of its drugstore clinics beyond ankle sprains and sinus infections to handling chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure.