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NOVEMBER 7, 2013 | MEDSCAPE: Retail Clinics as a Threat Falling Short of Physician Fears
The growth of retail clinics, feared by many physicians as competitors, has slowed down lately after tearing up the charts.
OCTOBER 23, 2013 | STARNEWS ONLINE: Drop-in retail clinics a growing trend in medical care
The recent opening of a Wilmington drugstore's drop-in clinic is part of a growing trend where consumers seek more access to and perhaps cheaper prices for basic health care services at the retail level, experts say.
OCTOBER 20, 2013 | THE STATE: Once a rarity, walk-in health care now common in Midlands
When Doctors Care opened its first office in Columbia in 1981, it was decades ahead of its time. The company likes to say it was “disruptive” of the long-standing medical delivery model.
OCTOBER 21, 2013 | BOSTON HERALD: Editorial: One cure for high costs
Because Tom Menino didn’t believe retailers like CVS should be allowed to profit from the sick (notwithstanding the chain’s marketing of everything from plush toys to People magazine) he has single-handedly kept their convenient care clinics out of “his” city.
OCTOBER 17, 2013 | DOTMED DAILY NEWS: Convenience clinic boom casts a wider net
Retail clinics have grown tremendously since they started cropping up in chain drug stores like CVS and Walgreens back in the early aughts. There are roughly 1,400 retail clinics nationwide and that number is expected to grow to 2,800 by 2015, according to the consulting firm Accenture.