Urgent care business to reach $48B this year

Becker's Healthcare November 17, 2023
Erica Carbajal

The pandemic fueled a surge in the growth of urgent care centers, with revenue expected to reach $48 billion this year, according to a Nov. 17 report from The New York Times.

Data from the Urgent Care Association shows there was a 60% increase in patient visits to urgent care centers nationwide from 2019 to 2020, with industry revenue set to increase 21% this year from 2019. Their growth comes amid increasing wait times for physician appointments. In 2022, the overall average wait time to see a new physician in the U.S. was 26 days, up 8% since 2017. The nation also faces a shortage of up to 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034, according to projections from the...

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