The Growth Of Retail Clinics And The Medical Home: Two Trends In Concert Or In Conflict? | Zendy

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The Growth Of Retail Clinics And The Medical Home: Two Trends In Concert Or In Conflict?

Author(s) -

Craig Evan Pollack,

Courtney A. Gidengil,

Ateev Mehrotra

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

health affairs

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.837

H-Index - 178

eISSN - 2694-233X

pISSN - 0278-2715

DOI - 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0089

Subject(s) - primary care , medical home , quality (philosophy) , business , marketing , nursing , public relations , psychology , medicine , family medicine , political science , philosophy , epistemology

There has been growing interest in the patient-centered medical home as a way to provide coordinated, high-quality primary care. At the same time, the number of retail clinics has increased dramatically. Many are concerned that retail clinics undermine the medical home by fragmenting care. In this article we explore the juxtaposition of these trends, highlighting shared characteristics and sources of tension. We describe three types of relationships between retail clinics and primary care providers. We argue that for some relationships there is no conflict, and we describe areas of potential concern for others.

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