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Originally Posted by NECHFalcon68

Ok, folks, a dumb question...fortunately I am not one who has had to frequent doctors or hospital emergency rooms...and just moved to TV. URGENT CARE facilities are a relatively new concept for me. Are these pseudo-emergency rooms to take the load off hospitals, or are they something that arose due to politics/healthcare legislation? When would one use an Urgent Care facility? A non-life threatening injury? Do you need to be pre-registered in some way, or is it walk in?

one suggestion if you are concerned about whether you are seen by a doctor or by a physician asst - research each of the area urgent care facilities on-line to find out which ones are staffed by an md and which are staffed by phys assts. am pretty sure lsl urgent care has mds and paramount has pas. i went to lsl in-season and walked out because there was over an hour wait on a sat morning. on the way home i went to paramount u.c. and had a 15 min wait. received excellent care from a phys asst. got my correct diagnosis of cellulitis, prescription and a follow-up appt with the utmost courtesy and professionalism. i recommend them based on only one visit.