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Urgent care center trend growing in Eastern Mass.

Trend viewed as way to ease strain on ERs

By Liz Kowalczyk

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 19, 2012

With health care costs climbing and emergency rooms more crowded than ever, one response that has been popular nationally is spreading to Eastern Massachusetts: urgent care centers. A national company said it will open 19 urgent care centers in Eastern Massachusetts by the end of 2014 - the first is scheduled to open May 24 in Braintree - following the success of its first two centers in Springfield.

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