With stripmall ERs, convenience has a price

Patients mistaking them for urgent care centers can develop wallet pains.

By Healthcare Facilities Today


With stripmall ERs, convenience has a price. They are run by medical entrepreneurs and are popping up in strip malls across the country. They can make a lot of money because they charge ER prices. 

A visit that might have cost $200 at an urgent-care center can cost four or five times as much at an ER. Many patients who mistake them for urgent-care centers get sticker shock when the bill comes, according to a story on NPR.org.

"They are usually set up in places where there are high-income patients who are well-insured and who want to see someone quickly," says Vivian Ho, a health economist at Rice University in Houston, Tex.  They're not being built in poor neighborhoods, rural communities or areas with lots of uninsured people.

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August 22, 2013


Topic Area: Interior Design


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