The Challenge
The cost of veterinary care is outside the reach of many pet owners.
The unfortunate outcome of this economic reality is that over 45% of decisions to treat an animal are affected by finances.
Explore the charts below to get a sense of the magnitude of the challenge.
The Solution
By investing in low cost clinics that provide affordable care, we can save animal lives.
Over the years, we have taken a diverse approach to addressing this issue and it has manifested in many ways.
Read more about our approach by clicking below.
Research Papers That Frame The Problem
- Characteristics of clients and animals served by high-volume, stationary, nonprofit spay-neuter clinics
- Competition or coexistence? Relations strained between private practitioners, animal welfare organizations that provide veterinary services
- Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness analyzed by gender for year-2020 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges
- Ethical conflict and moral distress in veterinary practice: A survey of North American veterinarians
- Executive summary of the Bayer veterinary care usage study (Phase 1, 2, & 3)
- Reversing the Decline in Veterinary Care Utilization
- Social Work Practitioners and the Human–Companion Animal Bond: A National Study
- Supply and Demand
- The pricing struggle: How high is too high for pet owners?
- AlignCare™ Incremental Veterinary Care Guide
- Barriers and next steps to providing a spectrum of effective health care to companion animals
- Race and ethnicity are not primary determinants in utilizing veterinary services in underserved communities in the United States
- Community Support: The Future of Companion Animal Welfare
- Serving Pets in Poverty: A New Frontier for the Animal Welfare Movement
- What veterinarians can and should know about the price elasticity of demand
- Principles of veterinary medical ethics of the AVMA
- Pets a Good Bet: Private Equity Zeroed In on Animal Care, Survey Finds
- The Market for Veterinary Services (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- Veterinary
Price Index (2017, 2019)
- Factors associated with financial performance of independently owned companion and mixed animal veterinary practices
- Factors that influence small animal veterinarians’ opinions and actions regarding cost of care and effects of economic limitations on patient care and outcome and professional career satisfaction and burnout
- IS AMERICAN PET HEALTH CARE (ALSO) UNIQUELY INEFFICIENT?
- The Current and Future Market for Veterinarians and Veterinary Medical Services in the United States
- The No-Lo Practice: Avoiding a Practice Worth Less
- Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2019 US graduates of nondomestic veterinary medical colleges
- Veterinary Technicians and Occupational Burnout
- A short history of veterinary workforce analyses
