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primary care
noun
medical care by a physician, or other health-care professional, who is the patient's first contact with the health-care system and who may recommend a specialist if necessary.
Origin:
1970–75
1970–75
Related forms
pri·mary-care, adjective
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| Main Entry: | primary care2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See primary treatment |
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Medical Dictionary
primary care n.
The medical care a patient receives upon first contact with the health care system, before referral elsewhere within the system.
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Example sentences
Partly, this has to do with money-incomes in geriatrics and adult primary care are among the lowest in medicine.
There is a reason the shortage of primary care physicians is a concern central to health care reform.
One idea would be to incentivize primary care physicians to get their patients to lose weight.
What really shines through is the gap between primary care and technology.
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