Urgent Care Centers:

Although there in no nationally accepted definition of what exactly is an urgent care center, their scope of services falls between the primary care doctors office and the emergency room. Urgent Care centers offer acute, non-emergent care emphasizing customer service. Most Cincinnati Urgent Care centers offer walk in visits, extended weekday and weekend hours as well as expanded services compared to primary care doctors offices.

Many services provided in Cincinnati Urgent Care centers are offered in primary care doctor's offices. In addition they usually include on site radiology, as well as laceration repair, administration of intravenous fluids, occupational health care, on site laboratory testing and on site medication dispensing.

The first urgent care centers in the United States opened in the 1980's and that number has grown to more than 12,000 to 20,000 centers today. Although most Urgent Care centers accept patients of all ages some specialize only in pediatric patients.

For a national directory of urgent care centers and other medical practicesoffering sameday visits visit www.locateurgentcare.com.

Below is a list of Cincinnati Urgent Care Centers

Children's Urgent Care‎
7495 State Rd, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 636-6100‎

Doctors Urgent Care Office‎
5920 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 741-7044‎

Urgent Care of West Chester‎
5002 Ridge Ave, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 531-1505‎

Medical Urgent Care‎
3158 Glenmore Ave, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 661-0555‎

MED+ Urgent Care Medical Services‎
9549 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 489-3737‎

Mercy Urgent Care: Eastgate‎
796 Cincinnati-Batavia Pike, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 752-9610‎

Doctors Urgent Care Ofc: Springdale
360 Glensprings Dr, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 671-5050‎

Bethesda North Hospital‎
10500 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 865-1111‎

Eastside Urgent Care‎
872 Ohio Pike, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 947-9115‎

Concentra Urgent Care‎
4623 Wesley Ave, Cincinnati, OH‎ - (513) 841-1122‎

Cincinnati Convenient Care Clinics (Retail Clinics)

According to the Convenient Care Association Convenient Care Clinics are small health care facilities located in convenient settings accessible to the public. They provide non- emergency services to walk-in patients, regardless of insurance status, at affordable prices seven days a week. Convenient Care Clinics are primarily staffed by advanced practice nurses, including nurse practitioners. Convenient Care Clinics may also be staffed by physician assistants and/or physicians. Convenient Care Clinics provide quality care for common episodic ailments, as well as immunizations, physicals, and health screenings. As of November 2007, there were close to 800 Convenient Care Clinics in the United States. This number is predicted to grow to 1500 by the end of 2008.

Their scope of services are extremely limited compared to both Urgent Care centers and physicians offices who accept walk in patients. These sites are not designed to address urgent issues. Lacerations and minor fractures for example would not be cared for in these Convenience Care Clinic settings. Much like Urgent Care centers, continuity of care with patient follow up is not a primary focus of these Retail Clinics.

Below is a list of Cincinnati Convenience Care Clinics /Retail Clinics

Take Care / Walgreen
s 4605 Montgomery Rd
Norwood, OH 45212
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm

22320 Boudinot Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45238
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm

32840 Alexandria Pike
Highland Heights, KY 41076
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm
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49775 Colerain Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45251
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm

5606 Buttermilk Pike
Crescent Springs, KY 41017
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:30pm
Sat-Sun 9:30am-5:00pm

Private physicians offices offering same day appointments:

Many private physicians in both primary care and various specialties throughout Cincinnati have begun to recognize the need for providing immediate access to patients in need of urgent and less urgent immediate medical care. The services offered by these private physicians varies from doctor to doctor and is consistent with the services customarily offered in their office.

Some of these Cincinnati doctors have established their practice as a Concierge medical practice. In doing so they limit their patient volume and provide immediate access in exchange for a yearly fee. Other physicians have added extended office hours and employed Physician Assistants and nurse practitioners to assist in immediate patient care.

The obvious advantage is that patients receive continuity of care from their private physicians with whom they already have an established relationship.