Health Populi May 17, 2023
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

Not all “retail health” sites are created equal, U.S. consumers seem to be saying in a new study from Wolters Kluwer Health, the company’s second Pharmacy Next: Consumer Care and Cost Trends survey.

Specifically, consumers have begun to differentiate between health care delivered at a retail pharmacy versus care offered at a retail store — such as Target or Walmart (both named as sites that offer “health clinics in department stores” in the study press release). While 58% of Americans were likely to visit a local pharmacy as a “first step” when faced with a non-emergency medical situation and 79% of people trusted their local pharmacy to provide care more than clinic staff at a department store.

Strikingly, the trust...

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Topics: Patient / Consumer, Primary care, Provider, Retail care, Survey / Study, Trends
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