Walk-In Clinic
Walk-in clinics describe a very broad category of medical facilities only loosely defined as those that accept patients on a walk-in basis and with no appointment required. A number of healthcare service providers fall under the walk-in clinic umbrella including urgent care centers, retail clinics and even many free clinics or community health clinics.
It is estimated that there are nearly 11,000 walk-in clinics in the country, although it is impossible to calculate an exact number given the variable an ill-defined nature of the category. Urgent care centers make up the largest percentage of walk-in clinics with an estimated 9,000 locations nationwide.[1] In fact, consumers often erroneously refer to all walk-in clinics as urgent care centers, and vice versa. Retail clinics are the next most prevalent in the industry with 1,443 locations as of July 1, 2013.[2]
Major Companies
According to Merchant Medicine's U.S. Walk-in Clinic Market Report for July 2013, the following are the top twenty walk-in clinic brands:
| Company Brand | # of Clinics |
|---|---|
| MinuteClinic (CVS) | 665 |
| Healthcare Clinic at Walgreens | 371 |
| Concentra | 309 |
| US Healthworks | 145 |
| AFC Doctors Express | 140 |
| MedExpress | 112 |
| The Little Clinic | 93 |
| NextCare | 87 |
| Target Clinic | 54 |
| FastMed | 53 |
| Doctors Care | 52 |
| Patient First | 46 |
| CareSpot | 45 |
| RediClinic | 30 |
| Physicians Immediate Care | 29 |
| Hometown | 27 |
| FastCare | 25 |
| Baptist Express Care at Walmart | 18 |
| WellNow | 17 |
| DR Walk-In Medical Clinics | 13 |
References
- ↑ Urgent Care Association of America. "2012 Urgent Care Benchmarking Survey Results." Urgent Care Industry Information Kit. 2013. Available online at http://www.ucaoa.org/docs/UrgentCareMediaKit_2013.pdf
- ↑ The ConvUrgentCare Report: U.S. Walk-in Clinic Market Report, Volume 6, No. 7. Merchant Medicine, LLC. July 1, 2013.