From cottage industry to a dominant mode of primary care: Stages in the diffusion of a health care innovation (retail clinics)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1134-1141

  McKinlay, John B ^a   Marceau, Lisa D ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Convenient care clinics; Health policy; Nurse practitioners; Primary care; Retail clinics; USA

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INNOVATION;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETAIL CLINIC; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863528799     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.039     Document Type: Article

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