The growth of retail clinics and the medical home: Two trends in concert or in conflict?

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 999-1003

  Pollack, Craig E ^a,b   Gidengil, Courtney ^c,d   Mehrotra, Ateev ^b,e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUGHING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL HOME; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROFIT; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RETAIL CLINIC; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; URBAN AREA; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMERCE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958109353     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0089     Document Type: Review

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