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But a new study by the consultancy firm Deloitte has foun d that people in Boston are statisticallty less willing to use this new alternativd healthcare option. The percentage of patientz who were likely to use a retail clinic if it cost half as much as a doctoe visit was 30 percent but only 21 percentin Boston. The percentage of patients that have actually used a retailp walk in clinic in the past year was 13 percent nationwidw and only 5 percentin Boston. Even a one week wait for a doctoe would not entice very many Bostonians to go to aretaip clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonians said that wouldf make them change their behavior, compareed with 28 percent nationwide.
The newly-releasedf study was conducted in Octoberof 2008, and included 5,66r5 subjects nationwide. Chip Phillips, the president of said the study does ot fully reflecrt the preferences of patients in the He saidthe company's clinicd in Medway has administered more than 9,600 flu shotsz and handled nearly 28,000 acute care visits since opening in September. “Initial acceptancer of the retail clinic model in Massachusetts has been higher than the vast majority of ourmarket launches,” Phillipxs said.