Perhaps not the answer, but I noticed that a lot of people don't know that urgent care exists and go to emergency room even if their issue would be handled bett

Perhaps not the answer, but I noticed that a lot of people don't know that urgent care exists and go to emergency room even if their issue would be handled better, cheaper and faster at urgent care facility. It doesn't help when medical staff will also direct people to emergency room instead of urgent care when their office is closed. There is also a law (that was good intended, but causes more issues) that ER can't reject anyone who comes to ER, no matter what the issue is. Anyway when seeing doctor depending on urgency you should ask for same day appointment, if it is weekend or same day appointment is not available you go to urgent care. Even if you have terrible pain if it is not threatening your life urgent care is better. If you have something that threatens your life (you shouldn't go to urgent care of you have problems breathing, bleeding etc), but also broken bones, giving birth go to ER. Anything that calling an ambulance doesn't feel like an overkill.