Coronavirus Pandemic Resulted in Unprecedented Urgent Care Utilization Changes, Study Finds

HealthLeaders Media December 16, 2021
Christopher Cheney

The growth of urgent care visits before the pandemic continued in 2020 and 2021, an Epic Health Research Network study shows.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– Infectious disease testing peaked at about 40% of urgent care visits in October 2020.

– Immunizations peaked at about 20% of urgent care visits in March 2021.

The coronavirus pandemic resulted in unprecedented increases in infectious disease testing and immunizations at urgent care clinics, according to a new research article.

Urgent care visits were on an upward trend before the pandemic. The new study shows that upward trend has continued during the pandemic, with the exception of a decrease in visits early in the crisis.

The new study, which was published by Epic Health Research Network,...

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