Tracking Visit Volume
As the Delta variant surged in late summer, urgent care clinics saw a significant increase in visit volume. The current decline in new cases means urgent cares are seeing fewer patients this fall. What’s important here is that despite declining COVID cases, visit volume remains higher than the three-year historical pre-COVID baseline. And as flu season kicks off, clinics could continue to see high visit volume.
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Last updated 11/17/21
After a significant drop in daily volume to historically normal levels (approximately 28 visit per day), volume started to rise consistently in July. Currently urgent cares are seeing, on average, 46 patients per day. Visits per day remain significantly higher than the three-year historical average pre-COVID.
More than 26 percent of clinics are seeing more than 60 visits per day as of November 16 versus 11 percent during this date in 2019.
Combining traditional visits with COVID-related visits, total visit volume is up 60 percent from pre-COVID levels in 2019.
Check out some of our top resources to help urgent cares navigate increasing visit volume while maintaining a top-tier patient and employee experience.
