The number of retail health clinics nationwide will grow sharply in the next three years due to the influx of newly insured patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to new analysis.
Consulting firm Accenture predicted the number of walk-in medical facilities located in retail stores will double by 2015, from roughly 1,500 clinics now to 3,000 by 2015. The clinics are expected to account for 10 percent of non-primary care outpatient visits within three years.
Reform will trigger "a significant demand" from millions of newly insured patients, Dr. Kaveh Safavi, managing director for Accenture's North America health business, said in a statement. PPACA is expected to bring in anywhere between 15-30 million newly insured patients in the next couple years.
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