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Walgreens Healthcare Clinic is a solution to the growing need of affordable, accessible healthcare, without compromising quality.
DOCTOR SHORTAGE
Experts predict that there will be a shortage of approximately 12,500-31,100 primary care physicians by the year 20251
LONG WAIT TIMES
Patients waited an average of 19.5 days to see a primary-care physician across 15 markets in 20132
AVAILABILITY
Half of emergency department patients would have gone to a primary-care physician if an appointment was available when needed3
Walgreens has clinic locations across 31 markets, most accepting walk-ins and appointments 7 days a week.
Healthcare Clinic visits have the potential to save up to $4.4 billion annually, with a majority of the visits being for:2
The convenience and access offered by Convenient Care Clinics may help reduce unnecessary emergency room and urgent care center visits, which may result in cost-savings for the healthcare system.
Read more ›Results from this study suggest that retail healthcare clinics provide an affordable alternative for many primary care services and may avert more costly non-emergent emergency department visits.
Read more ›Patients using Convenience Care Clinics had significantly shorter waiting times from check-in to seeing a clinician and significantly longer consultation times with the clinician than those reported by patients seen at family practice physicians' offices.
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Your Challenges
1. Physician supply and demand through 2025: Key findings. Association of American Medical Colleges Web site. https://www.aamc.org/download/426260/data/physiciansupply anddemandthrough2025keyfindings.pdf. Accessed Nov 16, 2015. 2. 2014 survey of physician appointment wait times and Medicaid and Medicare acceptance rates. Merritt Hawkins. http://www.merritthawkins.com/uploadedFiles/ MerrittHawkings/Surveys/mha2014waitsurvPDF.pdf. Accessed November 2, 2015. 3. U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. Primary Care Access: 30 Million New Patients and 11 Months to Go: Who Will Provide Their Primary Care? A Report From Chairman Bernard Sanders Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging. Washington, DC: United States Senate; January 29, 2013 http://www.sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/PrimaryCareAccessReport.pdf. Accessed November 7, 2016. 4. Weinick RM, Burns RM, Mehrotra A. Many emergency department visits could be managed at urgent care centers and retail clinics. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29(9):1630-1636. 5. Caldwell N, Srebotnjak T, Wang T, Hsia R. "How much will I get charged for this?" Patient charges for top ten diagnoses in the emergency department. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(2):e55491. doi:10.137/journal.pone.0055491. 6. Thygeson M, Van Vorst KA, Maciosek MV, Solberg L. Use and costs of care in retail clinics versus traditional care sites. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008;27(5):1283-1292.
How We Can Help
1. Patwardhan A, Davis J, Murphy P, Ryan S. Comparison of waiting and consultation times in convenient care clinics and physician offices: a cross-sectional study [published online ahead of print June 11, 2012]. J Prim Care Community Health. doi:10.1177/2150131912450030. 2. Weinick RM, Burns RM, Mehrotra A. Many emergency department visits could be managed at urgent care centers and retail clinics. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29(9):1630-1636.