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A perspective on “shopping for price in medical care” “When services are less complex, shopping will be more effective because consumers have a better idea of what they are shopping for, they are less concerned about variation in clinical quality, and there may be less need to customize the information to meet a patient’s unique needs. Examples include immunizations, dental cleaning, and cholesterol tests. The current phenomenon of major investments in mini-clinics in department stores might reflect a bet on consumers’ willingness to emphasize price and convenience more in areas where they do not perceive much variation in clinical quality.” Source: Ginsburg, Shopping for Price in Medical Care, HA 26, no. 2 (2007) Contact Information Margaret Laws Director, Innovations for the Underserved California HealthCare Foundation mlaws@ * Almost 17% of those with family income of 50-75K are uninsured Approximately three-fifths of California’s uninsured children are eligible for public programs, but less than 10 percent of adults are eligible. * * Transparent prices Convenient locations Limited scope of service * * * We’re at about 1100 in Dec 2008 vs. predicted 1500 About half are CVS/Minute Clinic All of the satisfaction numbers represent increases over last year * * CHCF is working with community health centers and clinics interested in expanding their “express care” offerings by either developing retail satellites or partnering with operators (e.g. WalMart) * A broad range of technologies – from the upper left – the Intouch “robot” in use in several hospitals across the state, the “glucose phone,” the intel home monitoring device, a physician using a traditional video telemedicine setup, Dr. Ron Dixon with a senior patient (he runs a virtual practice with his patients), a tele-dentistry program and the IBM “healthcare island” on second life * * Patients were satisfied with the virtual visit Results suggest that both patients and the physician found the virtual visit a