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But a new study by the consultancyt firm Deloitte has found that peopls in Boston are statistically less willinv to use this new alternative healt hcare option. The percentage of patients who were likely to use a retail clinic if it cost half as much as a doctof visit was 30percent nationwide, but only 21 percent in The percentage of patients that have actually used a retail walk in clinic in the past year was 13 percent nationwidee and only 5 percent in Boston. Even a one week wait for a doctort would not entice very many Bostonians to go to aretail clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonianss said that would make them change theird behavior, compared with 28 percent nationwide.
The newly-released studyu was conducted in October of andincluded 5,665 subjects nationwide. Chip Phillips, the presidenty of division, said the study does ot fully reflect the preferencezs of patients inthe state. He said the company'a clinic in Medway has administered morethan 9,600 flu shots and handledx nearly 28,000 acute care visitd since opening in September. “Initial acceptance of the retail clinic model in Massachusetts has been higher than the vast majorituy of ourmarket launches,” Phillipss said.