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Reportlinker Adds Retail Clinics 2011: Market Assessment, Supplier Sales, Key Players and Trends

NEW YORK, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Retail Clinics 2011: Market Assessment, Supplier Sales, Key Players and Trends

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0489593/Retail-Clinics-2011-Market-Assessment-Supplier-Sales-Key-Players-and-Trends.html

Convenience clinics, also known as retail health clinics, are a quickly growing segment of the U.S. health care marketplace, although their expansion has slowed somewhat from the very high rates of their early years. This report looks at retail clinics' impact and growth over the next five years.

Although different operators employ slightly different approaches, the overall business model utilized by convenience clinics is quite consistent. It involves the provision of basic healthcare services at a low cost, in a facility conveniently located in a busy retail outlet, with broad hours of operation. Care is intended to supplement that provided by the patient's primary care provider, particularly for common illnesses where the diagnoses are clear-cut and the therapies are proven. Locations such as drug stores, food stores, mass merchandisers and other popular retail outlets with pharmacies enable patient accessibility and make it easy for patients to get their prescriptions filled nearby.

When last Kalorama published the first syndicated market research study on the emerging trend of in-store clinics in 2007, retail clinics were a novel trend. Now, with a few years of activity, they are established in food, drug, mass merchandizing and other stores, with both successes and failures. There is growth in some projects, scalebacks in others. Kalorama has analyzed these developments and returned to examine the state of the market in 2011.

In this market research report, Kalorama outlines many of the factors that will determine the future of the retail clinic concept:

State of the Market in 2011

Competitors in the Market: Who Won and Who Lost

What Consumers, Physicians and Legislators Think About Retail Clinics

'Out of Pocket' Healthcare Spending and its Impact on Retail Clinics

Health Care Reform and Retail Clinics

Projections for Future Growth of Clinics

Markets for Vaccines to Retail Clinics

Markets for POC Diagnostic Products to Retail clinics

Calculations of the Indirect Revenue that retail clinics can add to Store Income.

Types of Stores (Food Store, Drug Store, Mass Merchandize or box store, Other) that will most benefit from retail clinics

How the 2011 economy will shape the retail clinic market

Labor Shortages, Varying Standards and Other Trends That will Impact this Market

Company Profiles of Major Retail Clinic Companies

Information for this report was gathered from a wide variety of published sources including company reports, catalogs, materials and public filings; government documents; trade journals; newspapers and business press; analysts' reports and other sources. Interviews with company representatives were conducted to capture the perspectives from industry participants' point of view and assess trends, and form the basis of the forecasting and competitive analysis. Dollar figures represent the U.S. market and are expressed in current dollars. period and forecasts are provided through 2015. The size of each market segment refers to manufacturers' revenues.

CHAPTER ONE: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Global Headquarters

THE U.S. HEALTHCARE MARKET

The Need for Alternatives

Vulnerable Populations

Healthcare Reform

The Emergence of Retail Clinics

Establishing a Retail Clinic

OUT OF POCKET EXPENDITURES

SERVICE PROVIDERS

Suppliers

Clinical Chemistry and Immunoassays

Vaccines

RETAIL OUTLETS

Drug Stores

Food Stores

Mass Merchandisers

Other Outlets

Issues and Trends

Weak Economic Recovery

Health Care Reform

Public Awareness

Competition with Primary Care Providers

Regulation

Development of Standards

Streamlining of Services

Labor Shortages

CHAPTER TWO: INTRODUCTION

The U.S. Healthcare System Today

Overview

The Need for Alternatives

High Cost of Care

Inconsistent Quality of Care

Delays to Treatment

Healthcare Reform

Medical Tourism

The History of Retail Clinics

Retail Clinics Today

Business Model

Consumer Response

Growth Drivers

Challenges

Establishing A Retail Clinic

Demographics and Location

Choice of Outlet

Systems and Scheduling

Funding and Expansion

Alliances

CHAPTER THREE: OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES IN 2011

Types of Expenditures

Insurance Co-Payments

Direct Payments

Premiums and Plan Fees

Cash or Check

Credit Cards

Loans and Lines of Credit

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Accounts

Medical Financing

Amount Financed

Non-Elective Procedures and Prescription Drugs

Consumers Who Pay Out of Pocket

The Uninsured and Underinsured

Medicaid Recipients

The Disabled

Senior Citizens

The Mentally Ill

The Obese

Persons with Chronic Conditions

CHAPTER FOUR: OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURES TO 2015

Forecasts

Expenditures by Type

Payment Methods

Amount Financed

Consumers Who Pay Out-of-Pocket

CHAPTER FIVE: RETAIL CLINIC SERVICE PROVIDERS

The Industry

Sales Forecasts

The Market

Competitive Position of Key Players

CHAPTER SIX: RETAIL CLINIC SUPPLIERS

Point of Care Tests

The Industry