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. 2020 Aug 4;324(5):513-514.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.7317.

Prevalence, Characteristics, and Costs of Urgent Care Center Membership Programs

Walter Hsiang  1 , Grace Jin  1 , Howard Forman  2 , Daniel Wiznia  3
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Prevalence, Characteristics, and Costs of Urgent Care Center Membership Programs

Walter Hsiang et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study uses simulated patient phone calls to a random selection of US urgent care clinics (UCCs) to describe the proportion that offer membership programs with access to discounted visits for recurring fees and the characteristics (affiliations, accreditations, population income) and fees and charges of those that do.

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