2013-09-16

If you go to the nearest urgent care facility complaining of chest pain, chances are they’ll send you to the emergency department. If you walk into the emergency department with a small cut on your finger, you’ll be treated, but going to urgent care could have saved you time and money.

So when is it appropriate to stop in an urgent care clinic or to bypass it all together and head to the nearest emergency department?

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