Retail users lack personal doctors

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Chicago Tribune, September 25, 2008

Retail health clinics are attracting patients who are not routine users of the current healthcare system, according to a new study. The study comes as the number of retail health clinics in the U.S. has surpassed 1,000, backed by some of the nation's largest retail pharmacy chains.

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