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primary care
noun
- medical care by a physician, or other healthcare professional, who is the patient's first contact with the healthcare system and who may recommend a specialist if necessary.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù¾±î€ƒm²¹°ù²â-³¦²¹°ù±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of primary care1
Example Sentences
Burr homed in on Canadians’ most common complaint about their system: the long waits for some services, largely resulting from a shortage of primary care doctors.
She said there was a fear GPs would become "an endangered species" if greater budgetary provision was not allocated to primary care.
Children of first cousins have a third more primary care appointments than children whose parents are not related - an average of four instead of three a year.
In exchange for those restrictions, people get a primary care provider who coordinates all of their care.
The former Labour first minister told the "For Wales, See Wales" podcast that Wales was "over hospitalised" and that more money should be spent on primary care.
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