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By design, urgent care is more efficient than emergency room visits but it is also significantly more cost-effective. 🏥💸 Average cost of an Urgent Care visit: $171 Average cost of an ED visit: $1646 Urgent care offers a cheaper and quicker alternative for non-life-threatening conditions. Support the financial success of your practice >> bit.ly/3L1UQQW (eBook) 📚✨

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You’re absolutely right except 1) the level of care and capabilities are different at an urgent care (PA) at best (2) at least one ‘urgent care’ in the area now require appointments before you walk in the door and (3) as urgent care’s become more popular the cost will increase because patient availability will be relatively static and so the number of patients seen per facility will decrease while fixed costs remain the same, resulting in cost per patient increasing. I don’t disagree with the concept but to maintain the current cost advantage they somehow have to control (DOH?) their prolific growth while providing excellent care.

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