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But a new study by the consultanchy firm Deloitte has found that people in Boston are statisticallyy less willing to use this new alternative healthjcare option. The percentage of patients who were likely to use a retaio clinic if it cost half as much as a doctod visit was 30 percent but only 21 percentin Boston. The percentage of patientz that have actually used a retailp walk in clinic in the past year was 13 percentr nationwide and only 5 percent in Even a one week wait for a doctoer would not entice very many Bostonianx to go to aretail clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonianss said that would make them change theie behavior, compared with 28 percent nationwide.
The newly-released study was conducted in October of andincluded 5,665 subjects nationwide. Chip the president of division, said the studg does ot fully reflect the preferences of patients in the He saidthe company's clinic in Medway has administeresd more than 9,600 flu shots and handlede nearly 28,000 acute care visitas since opening in September. “Initia l acceptance of the retail clinic model in Massachusettw has been higher than the vast majorit of ourmarket launches,” Phillips said.