FACT FILE . . . Convenient Care Clinics
Convenient Care Clinics
- There are approximately 1,475 clinics in the U.S.
- By 2015, there will be as many as 2,800 or more.
- Retail clinics recorded 5.1 million visits in 2011.
- Most are located in retail drug stores and grocery stores.
- More than one in three consumers are receptive to the retail clinic model, and baby boomers are especially interested.
- Millennials are the least likely to use a retail clinic.
- Nurse practitioners or physician assistants usually staff the clinics with varying oversight by physicians, depending on state law.
- Top brands include: MinuteClinic by CVS; Healthcare Clinic by Walgreens; Target Clinic by Target; as well as several hospital-system and independent brands.
- Most clinics are open seven days a week and have contracts with insurance carriers.
Sources: Wikipedia, Deloitte, Accenture
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