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Drive-Through Urgent Care Centers: Could They Be the Future of Healthcare Facilities?

Parsa AghaeiSara BayramzadehSahar Ahmadpour
Published in: HERD (2022)
This study shows permanent drive-throughs offering medical services benefit people in times of crisis for the perceived infection control purposes and the improved convenience. A drive-through model can redefine the waiting experience and serve as a new safe triage system in urgent care centers. Drive-through urgent care centers can be adopted as a hybrid of telemedicine and in-person visits.
Keyphrases
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