There’s no gentle way to put it: Members of the Millennial generation simply are not as interested in having a traditional relationship with a primary care provider as their predecessors have been. That shouldn’t be surprising, though, given that each successive generation seems to drift farther from that model of care. Where 82% of Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) report having a primary care provider, the same can be said for only …
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Online Searches for ‘Urgent Care’ Keep Growing
Patients looking for immediate care often turn to Google to find it—and over the past 4 years, they’ve typed in “urgent care” before hitting Enter more than ever. Google Trends, which tracks search data, reports that Arizona leads the nation in searches for “urgent care,” with North Dakota having the fewest searches. At the same time, Google Trends reports that searches for the word “hospital” have been in decline for several years. Rising healthcare costs, …
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