After hours healthcare services are generally offered between the standard closure time i.e. 5.00 PM and standard start time next morning, i.e. 8.00 AM. It is quite difficult to find regular healthcare providers like doctors’ clinics and primary care centers operating beyond the standard closing time. This is not the fault of the healthcare staff working in these centers but a shortcoming of the system.
Therefore, it is not surprising that after hours urgent care centers have come up in the Arlington VA area and in other parts of the country. You can now rest assured that if there is a symptom that needs to be checked by a doctor in Arlington VA, any time in the after hours, you can easily find one.
Health issues don’t go by the clock
The need to see a doctor for some symptom that is causing quite a bit of difficulty is real and such symptoms can appear at any time of the day or night. The problem is, even if the symptom appears during the daytime, you can’t get an appointment in a regular healthcare center. On the other hand, if the symptom appears at midnight, the regular healthcare center will not be in operation. In such a situation, where do you go in Washington DC or the nearby areas? Relax; you can visit an urgent care after hours clinic in Arlington VA, at any time of the day or night.
Even non-serious symptoms need attention
It is not written in stone that only the life-threatening health issues ought to be seen by a doctor immediately and those that are not, can be set aside for consultation in a month’s time. Since this was a serious drawback of the traditional healthcare system in the country, the solution emerged in the form of urgent care centers. They operate on all 7 days of the week while many operate 24/7 and will never make you wait longer than 30 minutes for a certified doctor to see you. If you have a symptom that needs immediate attention of a doctor just walk into an after hours urgent care center.
Urgent care walk-ins are convenient and economical
A large segment of the population comprising millennials and aging baby boomers don’t find it easy to get health insurance. That’s something for the insurance providers and policy makers to ponder upon but in the meantime where will these demographics get treated for non-serious health issues?
They just have to visit any after hours clinic in Arlington VA, or any other place as per convenience. They will not just get treated in quick time but will also pay 10 times less than what they would have paid in a hospital emergency room (ER) for the same diagnosis. Most importantly, they don’t require insurance to get treatment here and the cost is low enough to be paid in cash up-front.
Across the United States, just about 3 out of every 10 doctors in traditional healthcare centers are able to offer after hours care to patients who need it. Moreover, such care would be available to only those with an appointment for which the waiting time is around 24 days. Hence, urgent care centers are filling up this massive gap in primary healthcare delivery for non-life-threatening symptoms.
