30% of Parents Nationwide Report Having a Retail Clinic in Their Communities; One in Four Would Take Children to Retail Clinics for Care Instead of Emergency Room

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News Nearly 30% of parents responding to a national poll conducted by the University of Michigan said there was a retail clinic in their community, and one in four said they would have taken their children to an emergency room for care if the retail clinic had not been available. In communities with retail clinics, parents reported the following usage patterns: One in six have taken their children to a retail clinic for care; of those, 65% said they were likely or very likely to visit again. 70% of parents who took . . .