Monday, April 11, 2011

Study: 'Minute clinics' slow to catch on in Mass. - Boston Business Journal:

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But a new study by the consultancy firm Deloitte has foun that people in Boston are statistically less willinf to use this new alternative healthcare option. The percentage of patients who were likely to use a retaiol clinic if it cost half as much as a doctorf visit was 30percent nationwide, but only 21 percent in The percentage of patientz that have actually used a retail walk in clinid in the past year was 13 percentg nationwide and only 5 percent in Boston. Even a one week wait for a doctof would not entice very many Bostonians to go to aretail clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonians said that wouldr make them change their behavior, compared with 28 percengt nationwide.
The newly-released study was conducted in October of andincluded 5,665 subjects Chip Phillips, the president of division, said the studuy does ot fully reflect the preferences of patients in the He said the company's clinic in Medwayt has administered more than 9,600 flu shots and handlexd nearly 28,000 acute care visits since opening in “Initial acceptance of the retail clinicc model in Massachusetts has been higher than the vast majorith of our market Phillips said.

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