THE

COMMONWEALTHFUND

THE COMMONWEALTH

FUND

Reasons for Choosing Retail ClinicsOver Other Health Providers

64 62

5348

34

0

20

40

60

80

Source: Center for Studying Health System Change 2007 Health Tracking Household Survey, April 2007–January 2008Publication: H. T. Tu and G. R. Cohen, Checking Up on Retail-Based Health Clinics: Is the Boom Ending?, The Commonwealth Fund, December 2008.

Clinic hours were more convenient

than another source of care

Did not haveto make an

appointmentfor a retail clinic

Cost waslower than

another source of care

Did not have a usual source

of care

Location was more convenient

than another source of care

%

Notes: Categories are not mutually exclusive; respondents were able to select multiple categories.