Study: Few retail clinics in poor neighborhoods
AP/Yahoo News, May 26, 2009
Proponents say walk-in retail clinics in grocery and drugstore chains can help the uninsured find healthcare, but a new study suggests most retail clinics aren't in the poorest neighborhoods. Like most businesses, they go where the money is—to more affluent neighborhoods that are already well-served by other medical resources.
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