How To Choose Emergency Room, Clinic or Family Doctor

When medical situations pop up, we have a variety of avenues we can consider traveling. Some people prefer to wait for an opening at their family care provider. For those who don’t have access to family care physicians, the emergency room is a possible option. In between the emergency room and the primary care physician is an urgent care center. Urgent care centers offer expedient, immediate care like emergency rooms but they treat exclusively non-life-threatening issues. In the United States, there are more than 6,800 urgent care centers, many of which operate as a 24 hour walk in clinic. This …

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