Anchorage Urgent Care Centers

Urgent care centers typically provide after hour access for walk-in patients tending to acute illness and injury care. The injuries are often beyond the scope or time availability of the primary care provider.

An urgent care center should be expected to provide instant care for acute, non-life threatening illness and injury. Urgent care centers are not equivalent to emergency departments, but do help in reserving the nation's emergency room resources for the most critical conditions.

The area of Anchorage, AK has a population of approximately 242,037 people. There are 78 urgent care centers near Anchorage, which gives it a ratio of 1 urgent care center per 3,103 residents or a ratio of 1 urgent care center per 1,164 households. There are 90,801 households in Anchorage.