After-hours Access of Convenient Care Clinics and Cost Savings Associated With Avoidance of Higher-Cost Sites of Care
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examines the utilization of convenient care clinic services outside of typical physician office hours and estimates the cost savings from potentially avoided visits to the emergency room, urgent care center, and primary care physician associated with convenient care clinic encounters. The results show that 44.6% of convenient care clinic visits occurred on weekdays, 5 pm or later, or on weekends. Savings from avoided encounters with the emergency room, urgent care, and primary care physician were estimated at $135.53 million.
Authors: Avinash Patwardhan, Jeffery Davis, Patricia Murphy, Sandra Festa Ryan
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2326445923