It is true that costs of medical treatment continue to rise and people choose more convenient care options, retail clinics are emerging increasingly filling the space because of high qualified advertisement. Retail clinics are being billed as a more cost-effective option particularly in comparison to other emergency medical bills. From a consumer point of view, easy accessibility is the main advantage that gained through advertisement and increases the patient response to such expands. Moreover, advertisement shows reduction on treatment or can be say as cost effective which public gets more attracted. People also allured to high quality advertisement which also increases the people to the clinics.
Various studies shows that, in US, there are more retail clinics than the past because of cost effective and easy availability of the same. From this, we can easily understand the advantage of such retail clinics without any doubts. Advertisement gains public responses at a greater level and helps to develop this trend worldwide.
explore the angle of consumerism and responsiveness to advertising, etc as retail clinics expand”.
we are seeing may more "Retail Clinics" which are located in or near the strip malls of major stores (Wal-Mart, Costco, CVS, etc.). Do you think this is a good thing? What are the pros and cons of the location of the “Retail Clinics”. How will the rapidly increased number of “Retail Clinics” influence your AGILITY as a future healthcare manager in both the emergency rooms and the primary care doctors?
Earache Treatment, Alsle 3: The Rise of Retail Walk-in Clinics Thousands of retailers across America will soon feature walk in clinics to accommodate people who need to shop and want to get a flu shot or have an achy ear inspected on the same shocoing trip Nights, weekends hold most arwtime consumers with minor medical complaints are already stopping into local in clinics for quick, convenient, affordable care filling an important gap between getting urgent care at the hospital emergency...