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|Articles|November 5, 2012

Retail clinic patients not likely to return to PCP for illness

Once patient have visited a retail clinic for illness, they aren’t likely to return to their PCPs for similar treatment, but no evidence exists to suggest that retail clinics are negatively affecting preventive medicine at primary care practices, according to a new study.


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