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. 2014 Mar;133(3):e794-7.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-4080. Epub 2014 Feb 24.

AAP principles concerning retail-based clinics

James J Laughlin, Geoffrey R Simon, Cynthia Baker, Graham A Barden, Oscar W Brown, Amy Hardin, Herschel R Lessin, Kelley Meade, Scot Moore, Chadwick T Rodgers; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine

AAP principles concerning retail-based clinics

James J Laughlin et al. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

The American Academy of Pediatrics views retail-based clinics (RBCs) as an inappropriate source of primary care for pediatric patients, as they fragment medical care and are detrimental to the medical home concept of longitudinal and coordinated care. This statement updates the original 2006 American Academy of Pediatrics statement on RBCs, which flatly opposed these sites as appropriate for pediatric care, discussing the shift in RBC focus and comparing attributes of RBCs with those of the pediatric medical home.

Keywords: coordinated care; medical home; retail-based clinic.

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