Urgent Care Centers: E.R. Alternative
Urgent Care Centers have stepped in to help patients with non-critical problems that don't require an E.R., but are too time-sensitive to wait for an appointment at a doctor's office.According to AnythingResearch's Urgent Care market research report, over one thousand urgent care centers have opened over the past five years.
Urgent Care Centers aren't prepared to handle life-threatening conditions. The following chart shows types of problems that must be seen in an E.R. and those that can be handled in either an E.R. or Urgent Care Center:
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