Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/200601 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2017-11
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Abstract: 
Retail clinics are an innovation that has the potential to improve competition in health care markets. We use the universe of emergency room (ER) visits in New Jersey from 2006-2014 to examine the impact of retail clinics on ER usage. We find significant effects of retail clinics on ER visits for both minor and preventable conditions; Residents residing close to an open clinic are 4.1-12.3 percent less likely to use an ER for these conditions. Our estimates suggest annual cost savings from reduced ER usage of over $70 million if retail clinics were made readily available across New Jersey.
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Working Paper

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