Urgent Care Centers Are Everywhere.
Anyone that has been looking to just be seen by a doctor for some acute issue, maybe a slight sudden illness like the flu, they now have more options than just the emergency room. At one time regardless of your health insurance coverage, many folks were destined to sit in ER’s around the country for hours and maybe even watch hospital staff change shifts while they wait, and wait some more to be seen. With a lack of primary care physician availability and increasing wait times in the ER, first response of many people was to take an ambulance to get in right away, so they can hurry up to wait. Although there are folks that still believe the ER is the place to go when they have the flu, the landscape has changed quite a bit since then. Firstly, there are flu shots at the local pharmacy, and you can even see a doctor without going to the emergency room and waiting for your doctor to graduate from med school. What happened? One major change that is here to stay, Urgent Care Centers.
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