Urgent Care
vs. ER:
How to Decide Where
to Take Your Child
TEXT: Dr. Subir Jossan & Dr. Steven Neufeld
Just knowing where to go could
save you $ 1,000 in medical costs.

A mericans make more
than 130 million visits
to the emergency room
each year. And up to 20 percent
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of those visits are for minor
conditions – such as a sprain
or bronchitis – that could be
treated in an urgent care clinic