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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780734603321

Autore

Fottler Myron D

Titolo

The retail revolution in health care [[electronic resource] /] / Myron D. Fottler and Donna M. Malvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, CA, : Praeger, c2010

ISBN

1-282-53530-7

9786612535307

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MalveyDonna M

Disciplina

362.1/0425

362.10973

Soggetti

Health care reform - United States

Medical policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Chapter One: Introduction: Welcome to the Revolution; Chapter Two: What Is Wrong with Health Care Today?; Chapter Three: The Top Ten Consumer Health Care Hassles; Chapter Four: Retail-Based Health Care Clinics: A ''Disruptive Innovation''; Chapter Five: The Retail Clinic; Chapter Six: Retail Clinic Demographics and Performance; Chapter Seven: The Impact of Retail Clinics on Other Stakeholders; Chapter Eight: The Business of Health Care; Chapter Nine: The Globalization of Health Care; Chapter Ten: Future Predictions and Implications of Retail Clinics for all Stakeholders

Index

Sommario/riassunto

There is something new in health care. Retail clinics, sometimes partnering with prestigious health-care institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic, offer an affordable, accessible solution for delivering primary-care services to underserved populations. The Retail Revolution in Health Care presents an overview of the retail health trend and its implications for consumers, employers, health care providers, health care companies, insurers, and health policy makers.||The authors examine the phenomenon of retail health care from an entrepreneurial perspective, discussing the growth of retail care