Convenient Care Clinics Term Paper

Convenient Care Clinics How do Convenient Care Clinics (CCC) fit into the hierarchy of health care delivery systems?

With the exorbitant costs of modernized health care delivery coming to the forefront of the national debate, and the continued effects of a prolonged economic recession restricting the options of countless Americans, the role of Convenient Care Clinics (CCCs) has significantly expanded during the last decade. As opposed to a full-scale hospital or comprehensive medical facility, CCC's are typically small practices located in strip malls and shopping centers, serving local communities by treating uncomplicated or minor illnesses, tending to basic injuries, and providing preventative health care services. While CCCs represent level of competition to major hospitals and other large-scale health care providers, by enabling patients to obtain medication and treatment without visiting the emergency room, in all actuality CCCs are an integral component of the nation's evolving hierarchy of health care delivery systems. It has been observed that the vast majority of "convenient...

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As the pricing structure put in place by major hospitals, and the medical insurance companies they work closely in tandem with, has continued to escalate unabated for decades, ordinary Americans with limited financial means have begun to view CCCs as a source…

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Turton, T.H., Ryan, S., Miller, K., Counts, M., & Nash, D.B. (2010). Convenient care clinics: The future of accessible health care. Convenient Care Association White Paper, (September), 1-23. Retrieved from http://www.ccaclinics.org/images/stories/downloads/whitepaperfordistribution.pdf

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