Urgent care clinics offer ER option
Health care providers are increasingly using alternative primary care settings, especially urgent care clinics, to capture an after-hours market and divert traffic from emergency rooms to control rising medical costs.
Physician assistant Jermaine Stubblefield prepares to examine Carol Razzano's foot during her appointment Monday at Sutter Urgent Care, Elk Grove.
At Sutter Urgent Care, Elk Grove, Dr. Michael Sotak, center, confers with assistants Jermaine Stubblefield and Norma Bonilla.