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If you are at low risk of dying, such as a possible broken bone, you should first consider going to an urgent care center https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgent
by TheJoeMan 3y ago
If you are at low risk of dying, such as a possible broken bone, you should first consider going to an urgent care center https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgent_care_center https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgent_care_center . They are more affordable and targeted towards injuries like that. Leave the ER for the gunshots and heart attacks.
- n40487171 3y agoAn ER could easily triage people into an urgent care wing of the hospital, but hospitals don't have those. Because they don't have any incentive to provide anything resembling cost effective care.
- glimshe 3y agoUrgent care centers are everywhere near where I live. That's where you go for minor injuries, ear ache, sore throat etc. 10min wait, ~$200.