5 Concerns With Retail-Based Health Clinics

1. Retail clinics result in fragmentation and possible decreased quality of care
2. They create a lack of access to a central health record
3. Retail clinics aren’t the place for children with special health care needs
4. The use of tests for the purpose of diagnosis without proper follow-up
5. Possible public health issues that could occur when patients who have infectious diseases are in a commercial, retail environment with little or no isolation

Source: American Academy for Pediatrics
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