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- Title
The Challenge and Promise of Retail Medicine.
- Authors
Hatala, Alexander J
- Abstract
The author considers the problems and benefits of extending healthcare through retail medicine in relation to the articles published within the issue. Identified benefits include convenient provision of medical care and greater scalability, and challenges include pressure to generate commercial-level profits. Topics discussed include the need for healthcare systems to match services, the concerns over health care quality and patient safety and the impacts of electronic health.
- Subjects
RETAIL store health clinics; HEALTH care networks; RETAIL industry; HEALTH services accessibility; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Frontiers of Health Services Management, 2015, Vol 31, Issue 3, p44
- ISSN
0748-8157
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1097/01974520-201501000-00006