Retail Medical Clinics

A study published in the September/October issue of Health Affairs and conducted by researchers at the RAND Corporation examines retail medical clinics. The research focused on the types of patients seeking care at these clinics, how patients pay for the services delivered, and the types of ailments treated.

From the press release:

"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..."

The RAND press release can be found http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/09/10/

The Health Affairs article abstract is at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/5/1272