If you input your zip code at www.TakeCareHealth.com you can find a clinic near you.
08755
Midwest Urgent Care and Park Plaza Clinic are both good options
Urgent care clinics treat sick and injured patients with relatively minor problems. They are intended to free up emergency rooms for more critical cases.
1. surgical clinics 2. Urgent or emergency care clinics 3. health department clinics
Urgent care centers will treat minor and moderate burns that are not life threatening. Severe burns require specialized medical attention not found in an urgent care center.
Local.com has an excellent collection of references for urgent care facilities in Columbus. But, the fastest source for locations of these clinics is found here: http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=chrome&q=http://urgent%20care%20clinics%20Columbus%20Ohio&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl
Most urgent care clinics provide a large subset of the services you would find at an ED, aside from immediate trauma. Examples include dressing wounds, diagnosing eye injury causes, and treating infections.
Urgent care clincs do accept most insurance plans. It might be a good idea, however, to check with the clinic before the occasion arises in which you'll need care.
State laws differ regarding if urgent care facilities can refuse coverage. Check with your states' Department of Health for the exact rules in your state
Urgent care facilities are used for non-life threatening ailments and injuries. While, the hospitals emergency room is for more serious issues and injuries.
The easiest and fastest way for someone to go and look for a local urgent care center would be online. This online site would be called "Find Urgent Care".
The following link will provide you with a site where you can Compare and research Urgent Care Centers companies and businesses online and see what kind of insurances they accept and where they are located.
Urgent Care is a walk-in clinic. It is located on Riverside Pkwy. Additionally, many CVS's have minute clinics; you just walk in with no appointments necessary.