More Providers Offer Urgent Care Option
![Eighth-grader Montanique DeShay waits as Ashlyn Brooks, medical assistant at MedSpring Urgent Care in Austin, comes to check on her on Wednesday.](https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/mooBx_TAJhZTwiWpChsEWJGYC8A=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/08/28/TexTrib-WalkIns-004.jpg)
Established health providers are increasing their presence in the urgent care marketplace, reflecting the surge in popularity among patients, whose visits increased 89 percent in 2014 from the previous year. (Wall Street Journal)
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