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Article: Retail-based health clinics grow in popularity nationwide.(Benefits, risks debated by health groups)
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- The Nation's Health
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Sometime in the not-so-far-off future, going to the local drugstore to be diagnosed and treated for a sore throat or aching ear could become a typical health care scenario if the emerging trend of retail-based health clinics proves popular with consumers.
Currently, there are about 500 retail-based health clinics, also known as convenient care clinics, opening in stores such as Walgreens, Target and Wal-Mart that have names such as RediClinic, HealthStop and MedPoint Express. The clinics, usually staffed by nurse practitioners or physician assistants, offer a limited scope of services ranging from cholesterol screenings to immunizations to care for a poison ivy ...