Patient Engagement March 26, 2024
Although still one of the least-visited alternative care sites, retail health clinic utilization soared between 2021 and 2022.
Retail health clinic utilization soared a whopping 202 percent nationally from 2021 to 2022, signaling the continued care access shift into alternative care sites, according to the FAIR Health Healthcare Indicators and Medical Price Index reports.
The report, which measured healthcare utilization in a number of alternative outpatient settings, also indicated that retail health clinics are among the least expensive places to access healthcare.
Alternative care sites have gotten much attention in healthcare as patients assume the role of healthcare consumer. Factors like convenience, timeliness of appointment access, and cost have become essential as patients consider where to access healthcare. In particular,...
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