Urgent care clinics are often more effective in treating patients after normal primary physician hours than emergency rooms are. Since primary care doctors are often available only on weekdays during normal business hours, many people choose to go to the emergency room for broken bones and fractures, back pain, colds, dizziness, infections, or other conditions that are perceived as “emergencies.” Emergency care departments often don’t admit patients to the hospital, however. Many of these conditions are not seen as imperative enough to warrant admission. Often, people don’t know that there are other after-hours options available. Since some people are unable …