Report from the field: A checkup for retail medicine

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1299-1303

  Costello, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54349094270     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.1299     Document Type: Review

References (7)

1. Tine Hansen-Turton, Convenient Care Association, personal communication, June 2008.
2. M.K. Scott, Health Care in the Express Lane: Retail Clinics Go Mainstream, September 2007, http://www.chcf.org/documents/policy/ HealthCareInTheExpressLaneRetailClinics2007.pdf (accessed 7 July 2008).
3. "More Children Expected to Seek Care at Retail Clinics," C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, vol. 1, issue 1, 18 April 2007, http://www.med.umich.edu/mott/research/chearretailpoll. html (accessed 7 July 2008).
4. A. Mehrotra et al., "Retail Clinics, Primary Care Physicians, and Emergency Departments: A Comparison of Patients' Visits," Health Affairs 27, no. 5 (2008): 1272-1282.
5. C. Schoen et al., "On the Front Lines of Care: Primary Care Doctors' Office Systems, Experiences, and Views in Seven Countries," Health Affairs 25, no. 6 (2006): w555-w571 (published online 2 November 2006; 10.1377/ hlthaff.25.6.w555).
6. J. Woodburn and K. Smith, "Quality of Care in the Retail Health Care Setting Using National Clinical Guidelines for Acute Pharyngitis," American Journal of Medical Quality 22, no. 6 (2007): 457-462.
7. Scott, Health Care in the Express Lane.