RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Do Retail Clinics Increase Early Return Visits for Pediatric Patients?
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 475
OP 476
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.080072
VO 21
IS 5
A1 James E. Rohrer
A1 Kathleen M. Yapuncich
A1 Steven C. Adamson
A1 Kurt B. Angstman
YR 2008
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/21/5/475.abstract
AB Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of early return visits for pediatric patients using a retail clinic.Methods: We used medical records of pediatric patients seen in a large group practice in Minnesota in the first 2 months of 2008. A retrospective analysis of electronic patient records was performed on 2 groups of patients: those using the retail clinic (n = 200) and a comparison group using a same-day acute family medicine clinic in a medical office (n = 200). Two measures of early return visits were used as dependent variables: office visits within 2 weeks for any reason and office visits within 2 weeks for the same reason. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to adjust for case mix differences between groups. Trained medical records abstractors reviewed electronic medical records to obtain the data.Results: After adjustment for baseline differences in age, acuity, and number of office visits in the previous 6 months, no significant differences in risk of early return visits were found among clinic types.Conclusions: Retail clinic visits were not associated with early return visits.