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Health Affairs, 27, no. 5 (2008): 1299-1303 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.1299 © 2008 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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Report From The Field

REPORT FROM THE FIELD

A Checkup For Retail Medicine

Daniel Costello

DECADES AFTER the advent of fast food, and in a 24/7 age, retail health clinics seemed destined to happen. Offering basic health care in convenient locations—with short waits and attractive prices—they went from a standing start in 2000 to becoming one of the fastest-growing segments of the health care sector. CheckUps, a start-up operator of retail clinics, opened fourteen stores on a single day in 2007—and went on to open nearly two dozen clinics in Walmart stores in several states. But less than a year later, the chain quit paying its nurses and other vendors and abruptly shut down. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Retail Clinic "Bulls" And "Bears"

 

History Of Retail Clinics

 

Drivers Of Growth

 

Putting On The Brakes

 

Questions About Quality Of Care

 

Regulatory Concerns

 

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