Reasons for Choosing Retail Clinics Over Other Health Providers
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THE COMMONW EALTH FUND THE COMMONW EALTH FUND Reasons for Choosing Retail Clinics Over Other Health Providers 64 62 53 48 34 0 20 40 60 80 Source: Center for Studying Health System Change 2007 Health Tracking Household Survey, April 2007–January 2008 Publication: H. T. Tu and G. R. Cohen, Checking Up on Retail-Based Health Clinics: Is the Boom Ending?, Clinic hours were more convenient than another source of care Did not have to make an appointment for a retail clinic Cost was lower than another source of care Did not have a usual source of care Location was more convenient than another source of care % gories are not mutually exclusive; respondents were able to select multiple categories.
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Reasons for Choosing Retail ClinicsOver Other Health Providers
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Source: Center for Studying Health System Change 2007 Health Tracking Household Survey, April 2007–January 2008Publication: H. T. Tu and G. R. Cohen, Checking Up on Retail-Based Health Clinics: Is the Boom Ending?, The Commonwealth Fund, December 2008.
Clinic hours were more convenient
than another source of care
Did not haveto make an
appointmentfor a retail clinic
Cost waslower than
another source of care
Did not have a usual source
of care
Location was more convenient
than another source of care
%
Notes: Categories are not mutually exclusive; respondents were able to select multiple categories.
