6 Reasons to Visit Pediatric Urgent Care vs ER in Cincinnati, OH

You might be thinking that because the ER (emergency room) provides walk-in, immediate, and emergency healthcare, they must be an excellent place to go for any kind of health situation. While they’re the only option for major, life-threatening emergencies, they’re not the only option for minor, non-life-threatening emergencies. In fact, for these minor health situations, pediatric urgent care is able to provide quicker walk-in service, whereas, with the ER, there are significant wait times.

The ER is costly if you go there for minor emergency care. It’s costly even if you have insurance coverage. But with pediatric urgent care, the costs are much lower, and they also accept insurance. And even though the costs are lower, pediatric urgent care doesn’t compromise in quality.

Fully trained doctors, state-of-the-art equipment, radiology and laboratory services—these are all things you’ll find at the ER, but also at pediatric urgent care. In fact, you won’t necessarily find the same kind of doctor at the ER that you’ll find at pediatric urgent care, and that kind of doctor is a pediatrician! A pediatrician could be considered the highest quality kind of doctor for children because these professionals specialize in pediatrics, which is healthcare for children, exclusively, and pediatricians understand children’s health needs better than many other healthcare professionals.

This is a huge benefit of pediatric urgent care over the ER. When you go to the ER for minor emergency pediatric care, you might not even find a pediatrician there, and probably won’t find one you’ll be able to see on an ongoing basis. With pediatric urgent care, this is different. There will be a dedicated pediatrician available to you whenever your child needs to see one, and you can see the same pediatrician continually in the future. Also, your child will benefit from the services of a professional who has dedicated their careers to helping children with their health issues. This is the best minor emergency healthcare a child can get!

This means you can take your child to see an urgent care pediatrician for any kind of minor emergency or common healthcare service, like a physical exam, X-ray, strep throat test, and more. You can even take your child in for care for chronic conditions like asthma. Of course, with pediatric urgent care, there’s the added benefit of being able to see a pediatrician without the need for an appointment!

Parents can bring young patients into our Cincinnati, OH clinic here at Eastside Urgent Care.  We look forward to your visit with us soon here at Eastside Urgent Care! Call us for more information. Visit us at 872 Ohio Pike Cincinnati, OH 45245 or call us for more information. We serve patients from Cincinnati OH, Covedale OH, Delhi OH, St Bernard OH, Wilders KY, and Elmwood Place OH.