Study: Few retail clinics in poor neighborhoods

Walk-in retail clinics in grocery and drugstore chains can help the uninsured find health care, proponents say. But a new study suggests most retail clinics aren't in the poorest neighborhoods.

TheGrio Staff

Aug 7, 2009

From tnj.com:

Walk-in retail clinics in grocery and drugstore chains can help the uninsured find health care, proponents say. But a new study suggests most retail clinics aren’t in the poorest neighborhoods.

Like most businesses, they go where the money is — to more affluent neighborhoods, which already happen to be well-served by other medical resources.