AAP cautions about use of retail clinics
February 27, 2014
Families may decide to use a retail-based health clinic because they believe it is convenient and less expensive, but according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), these clinics do not provide children with the high-quality, regular preventive healthcare children need. In an updated policy statement published in the March 2014 issue of Pediatrics, the AAP emphasized that retail-based clinics are an inappropriate source of primary care for children because they “fragment” children’s healthcare and do not support the medical home.
Source: AAP