The company doctor is back

It certainly looks good on paper: “Managers of on-site centers such as Toyota’s make a variety of bold claims. Rosenbluth says every dollar invested in setting up a clinic will return $3 to $5, even though on-site doctors spend an average of 20 minutes with each patient””more than double the national average for primary-care physicians.”

This trend is likely to grow, as corporations grapple with exploding health care costs. Eventually however, the costs of these clinics will increase as well. At what point will the company start to skimp on these services, which are entirely under their control?

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