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But a new studyh by the consultancy firm Deloittse has found that people in Bostonm are statistically less willing to use this new alternativew healthcare option. The percentage of patients who were likelty to use a retail clinic if it cost half as much as a doctorf visit was 30percent nationwide, but only 21 percent in The percentage of patients that have actuallu used a retail walk in clinic in the past year was 13 percentt nationwide and only 5 percent in Even a one week wait for a doctot would not entice very many Bostonians to go to a retaiol clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonians said that would make them changer their behavior, compared with 28 percent The newly-released study was conducted in October of 2008, and includeds 5,665 subjects nationwide.
Chip Phillips, the presidentg of division, said the study does ot fully reflecf the preferences of patients inthe state. He said the company'xs clinic in Medway has administeredd morethan 9,600 flu shots and handled nearly 28,000 acute care visits sincse opening in September. “Initial acceptance of the retaio clinic model in Massachusettss has been higher than the vast majority of ourmarker launches,” Phillips said.