Inside the Urgent Care Boom

About this episode

This episode explores the economics behind the rise of urgent care and its impact on American medicine.

Our friends at The Pulse from WHYY explore the economics behind the rise of urgent care and how it’s changing American medicine. Learn more and read a full transcript on our website . Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter featuring the latest health policy research and news. Support this type of journalism today, with a gift . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tradeoffs

Topics covered

• urgent care
• economics
• American medicine
• health policy
• healthcare access

Keywords

• urgent care
• economics
• healthcare
• American medicine
• health policy
• health access

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Pulse, WHYY

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