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primary care

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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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Noun1.primary care - the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)
medical aid, medical care - professional treatment for illness or injury


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Research and orientation in the field of primary care is basically involved with population health as well as health care.
Oregon's naturopathic physicians, educated and clinically trained as primary care physicians, will soon be in a position in which they can put their full scope of practice to use at a time when the demand for low-cost, preventive health care is highest.
David Behan, the Department of Health''s Director General of Social Care, toured Washington Primary Care Centre on a visit to Wearside.
 
 
 
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