McKnight's April 11, 2024
Older adults are turning more commonly to urgent care centers and retail clinics for their immediate medical needs, according to a new poll of 2,657 adults ages 50 to 80 completed in 2023. About 60% of people in this age group have visited an urgent care center or a retail health clinic during the past two years.
Urgent care is the most popular alternative path for care for older adults and middle-aged adults. Of those populations, 47% visited one at least once and 23% went more than once within the past two years. Among older adults, 28% went to retail clinics and 47% used urgent care centers; 9% went to a clinic at their worksite and 5% had received care...
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