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SPOTLIGHT: Retail clinics put pressure on hospitals
October 1, 2006 — 7:01pm ET
One Georgia consultant argues that cheap generic drugs a la Wal-Mart and retail clinics will lead to "chaos" in the healthcare system. With many hospitals, particularly rural hospitals, on the edge financially, changes in consumer health services uptake could doom some hospitals to extinction, he suggests. Article
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