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For three common conditions -- earache, sore throat and urinary tract infections -- a visit cost on average $110 at a minute clinic.
The "minute clinic" has efficiency built into its name, a quick, easy way for people who feel sick -- but not that sick -- to seek medical treatment without the hassle of making a doctor's appointment.
But if the health care system -- essentially, all of us, through the premiums and deductibles we pay -- are footing the bill for minute clinic visits, the assumption that it will lead to health care savings needs closer scrutiny.
Christensen: Minute Clinic, now owned by CVS.
Minute Clinic, for example, has 71 locations in 11 cities.
Hoping to prevent the flu, Patient X receives the flu shot at her local Minute Clinic.
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Experience with Minute Clinics and other such clinics indicates that patients receive a wrong diagnosis and are overtreated with antibiotics.
Minute Clinics accept most insurance plans, according to CVS; for services that aren't covered, patients can pay out of pocket.
CVS isn't the only drugstore chain that is investing heavily in health care; Walgreens and Rite-Aid stores also have walk-in clinics that provide similar services to what Minute Clinics offer, and Walmart is even experimenting with clinics that patients could visit in lieu of having a primary-care doctor.
CVS isn't the only drugstore chain that is investing heavily in health care; Walgreens and Rite-Aid stores also have walk-in clinics that provide similar services to what Minute Clinics offer, and Walmart is even experimenting with clinics that patients could visit in lieu of having a primary-care doctor.
Today, CVS operates about nine hundred "Minute Clinics" in its stores, where nurse practitioners and physician assistants treat and write prescriptions for ailments like strep throat, bladder infections, and joint sprains; they can also provide physicals to kids entering college and perform lab tests for people with conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure.
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