Managed Healthcare Executive December 26, 2019
Every fall, another somber seasonal marker arrives: the flu. The CDC estimated that in the winter of 2018–19, about 42 million people got sick from the flu, causing 647,000 hospitalizations and 61,000 deaths. These numbers would be lower if more adults heeded medical advice to obtain a flu shot, yet only about one-third of prime-aged adults do so.
Enter the retail clinic. Retail clinics arrived on the healthcare scene in the early 2000s as a convenient and affordable alternative to doctors’ offices, urgent care centers, and emergency rooms (ERs). Because they are usually in big box stores or pharmacies such as Walmart and CVS, retail clinics are conveniently located. And because they serve customers on a walk-in basis, they are...
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