Parents Complain That Pediatricians, Wary of COVID, Shift Sick Kids to Urgent Care | Kaiser Health News

Parents Complain That Pediatricians, Wary of COVID, Shift Sick Kids to Urgent Care | Kaiser Health News: Referrals of children to urgent care clinics or emergency rooms have become so prevalent that the American Academy of Pediatrics came out with interim guidance on how practices can safely continue to see patients. The academy recommended that pediatricians strive "to provide care for the same variety of visits that they provided prior to the public health emergency."