Urgent care is a $16 billion a year industry and is expected to grow about 3.5 percent a year for the next decade, making it one of the fastest-growing segments of the health care system, according to IBIS World, a market research firm. What is the difference between Urgent care and Emergency care that is making Urgent care a fast-growing industry? Could it be that Urgent Care is a happy median between your practical doctor and an emergency room or its wide accessibility?
Urgent care is a category of walk-in clinic focused on the delivery of ambulatory care in a dedicated medical facility outside of a traditional emergency room. Urgent care centers primarily treat injuries or illnesses requiring immediate care, but not serious enough to require an ER visit. An emergency service is any health care service provided to evaluate and/or treat any medical condition such that a prudent layperson possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health, believes that immediate unscheduled medical care is required. Since the average person is not qualified to determine if Emergency care or Urgent care is necessary Cigna Medical Group has provided guidelines to determine so. Emergency rooms can handle trauma, x-rays, surgical procedures, and other life threatening situations. Visit the ER for care when you experience any …show more content…
Not only has emergency care reduced the over crowed of an Emergency Room but it is doing so at a low-cost. This is a great alternative to having to wait to schedule an appointment with a doctor. Yet knowing that Urgent Care will also take you in incase of an
Urgent care is a category of walk-in clinic focused on the delivery of ambulatory care in a dedicated medical facility outside of a traditional emergency room. Urgent care centers primarily treat injuries or illnesses requiring immediate care, but not serious enough to require an ER visit. An emergency service is any health care service provided to evaluate and/or treat any medical condition such that a prudent layperson possessing an average knowledge of medicine and health, believes that immediate unscheduled medical care is required. Since the average person is not qualified to determine if Emergency care or Urgent care is necessary Cigna Medical Group has provided guidelines to determine so. Emergency rooms can handle trauma, x-rays, surgical procedures, and other life threatening situations. Visit the ER for care when you experience any …show more content…
Not only has emergency care reduced the over crowed of an Emergency Room but it is doing so at a low-cost. This is a great alternative to having to wait to schedule an appointment with a doctor. Yet knowing that Urgent Care will also take you in incase of an