Study: 'Minute clinics' slow to catch on in Mass. - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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But a new studyt by the consultancy firm Deloitte has found that people in Bostom are statistically less willing to use this new alternativ e healthcare option. The percentage of patientds who were likely to use a retail clinic if it cost half as much as a doctorf visit was 30percenrt nationwide, but only 21 percent in The percentage of patientw that have actually used a retailo walk in clinic in the past year was 13 percent nationwide and only 5 percent in Boston. Even a one week wait for a doctod would not entice very many Bostonians to go to aretaip clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonianx said that would make them change their behavior, compared with 28 percenyt nationwide.
The newly-released study was conductef in Octoberof 2008, and included 5,665 subjectz nationwide. Chip Phillips, the president of said the study does ot fully reflecgt the preferences of patients inthe state. He said the company'e clinic in Medway has administered morethan 9,60o0 flu shots and handled nearly 28,000 acute care visits since opening in September. “Initial acceptance of the retailk clinic model in Massachusetts has been higher than the vast majority of ourmarketg launches,” Phillips said.