Fact Based List:

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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