Convenient Care Clinics: The Future of Accessible Health Care

Hansen-Turton, Tine; Ryan, Sandra; Miller, Ken; Counts, Mona M.; Nash, David B.

doi:10.1089/dis.2006.636

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“…2 These clinics generally follow a model of staffing by adult medicine or family practicetrained physician assistants or nurse practitioners with off-site supervision by physician medical directors. [4][5][6] Protocols are followed that dictate conditions and patients who can be seen as well as suggested treatment regimens to be followed. 7 RBC protocols often restrict pediatric ages and conditions that will be seen by the providers.…”

Section: Growth Acceptance and Direction Of Rbcsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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AAP Principles Concerning Retail-Based Clinics

Laughlin¹,

Simon²,

Barden³

et al. 2014

Pediatrics

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The American Academy of Pediatrics views retail-based clinics (RBCs) as an inappropriate source of primary care for pediatric patients, as they fragment medical care and are detrimental to the medical home concept of longitudinal and coordinated care. This statement updates the original 2006 American Academy of Pediatrics statement on RBCs, which flatly opposed these sites as appropriate for pediatric care, discussing the shift in RBC focus and comparing attributes of RBCs with those of the pediatric medical home.

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“…National organizations for member RBCs provide guidelines for accrediting and patient care. 4,6 Patients cite convenience as the most important reason for using RBCs. [8][9][10] No appointment time is needed, and wait time is often minimal.…”

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AAP Principles Concerning Retail-Based Clinics

Laughlin¹,

Simon²,

Barden³

et al. 2014

Pediatrics

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“…As medical care system managers search for ways to increase access and control costs without harming quality, retail walk-in clinics are being opened across the nation. [1][2][3] These clinics are promoted as offering a more convenient 4 and less costly alternative to standard medical practice for common medical problems, while not supplanting the medical home, and as providing care that meets quality standards. 5,6 Furthermore, because of its superior accessibility, retail care may be able to reduce disparities in access to medical care.…”

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Impact of Retail Medicine on Standard Costs in Primary Care: A Semiparametric Analysis

Rohrer

Angstman²,

Bartel³

2009

Population Health Management

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Retail medicine clinics have become widely available. However, few studies have been published that compare retail clinic costs of care to standard medical visits for similar patients. The purpose of this study was to compare standard medical costs during a 6-month period after visiting a retail medical clinic to care received in a conventional medical office setting. Medical records of primary care patients (both adults and children) seen in a large group practice in Minnesota in 2008 were analyzed for this study. Two groups of patients were studied: those who used a retail walk-in clinic (N = 141) and a comparison group who used regular office care for same-day, acute visits (N = 137). Patients treated for 5 common conditions (pink eye, sore throat, viral illness, bronchitis, and cough) were selected. The dependent variables were standard costs using federal rates and the rank of standard costs. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to adjust for differences between groups. Median costs did not differ between sites ($126.30 for usual care and $88.10 for retail, P = 0.139); mean cost ranks were 132.5 for usual care and 115.6 for retail (P = 0.088). After adjusting for previous visit history, age, and sex, patients who received care in the retail setting had lower standard costs and lower cost rank than patients who received usual care (b = -52.9 [P = 0.006] and b = -24.5 [P = 0.021], respectively). After selection of cases with common conditions and adjustment for unequal variances, age, sex, and number of office visits in the previous 6 months, our retail clinic appeared to reduce medical costs for patients during the 6-month period after the index visit.

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“…2 Those main drivers behind that first clinic were the conceptual foundation from which the CCI has grown multiple times over in size in only a few years. When this group of authors first published an overview of the CCI, 3 approximately 200 CCCs were in operation. Now, with more than 1000 clinics open, the industry has helped over 3.5 million patients, and consumer use of CCCs is growing every day.…”

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Convenient Care Clinics: The Future of Accessible Health Care—The Formation Years 2006–2008

Hansen-Turton

Ryan²,

Nash³

2009

Population Health Management

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In the 2 years since the Convenient Care Association (CCA), a nonprofit organization representing the members of the Convenient Care industry, was founded, this new model has gained significant traction in the health care marketplace and in the awareness of health care consumers. When the CCA was formed, fewer than 200 clinics were in operation. Now, there are more than 1000 clinics seeing patients, and more than 3.5 million patient visits have been recorded across the country. As the industry has expanded, some challenges have arisen, mostly in the form of legislative and regulatory initiatives aimed at impeding clinic operation. The CCA and its members continue to undertake substantial efforts to build comprehensive quality processes into the convenient care model. The effect of these measures has been to mitigate the allegations of poor quality and inconsistent care that have been levied against the clinics. The media and public responses have been generally positive, and policy makers and other decision makers have been receptive to the benefits convenient care can offer to their constituents.

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Convenient Care Clinics: The Future of Accessible Health Care

Cited by 36 publications

References 10 publications

AAP Principles Concerning Retail-Based Clinics

AAP Principles Concerning Retail-Based Clinics

Impact of Retail Medicine on Standard Costs in Primary Care: A Semiparametric Analysis

Convenient Care Clinics: The Future of Accessible Health Care—The Formation Years 2006–2008

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