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As more patients with higher deductibles seek out care options, the reduced cost of retail settings is a viable option for routine care. For example, according to one analysis, the typical cost of diagnosing an earache was $59 at a retail or walk-in provider, $95 in doctor's office, $135 at urgent care, $184 in an emergency room. [5] [Dead link]
WellNow Urgent Care was founded in Big Flats, New York in 2012 as "Five Star Urgent Care" by Dr. John Radford, a former emergency room physician. [6] [3] In 2014, WellNow Urgent Care expanded to six locations. [7] That same year, the company began offering patients the ability to view wait times for its facilities on its website. [8]
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Urgent care centers make up the largest percentage of walk-in clinics in America with an estimated 9,000 locations nationwide. In fact, consumers often erroneously refer to all walk-in clinics as urgent care centers, and vice versa. Retail clinics are the next most prevalent in the industry with 1,443 locations as of July 1, 2013. [1]
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While urgent care centers are usually not open 24 hours a day, 70% of centers in the United States open by 8:00 a.m. or earlier and 95% close after 7:00 p.m. [13] A patient waiting room at an urgent care clinic in North Carolina. As of 2014, the urgent care industry is worth an estimated $14.5 billion. [14]
Queen Creek is a town in Maricopa and Pinal counties, Arizona, United States. The population was 59,519 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is a suburb of Phoenix , located in the far southeast area of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area .