New Releases from NCBI BookshelfUrgent Care Centres: A Scan of Models of Care and Literature on Their Effectiveness: Health Systems [Internet].​Urgent Care Centres: A Scan of Models of Care and Literature on Their Effectiveness: Health Systems [Internet].

Urgent care centres (UCCs) are medical clinics that provide same-day urgent treatment for non-life-threatening illnesses or injuries. The level of services they can provide is more comprehensive than primary care walk-in clinics but less comprehensive than emergency departments (EDs).

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