primary care provider

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primary care provider - a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability

caregiver, health care provider, health professional, PCP

health profession - the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients

bonesetter - someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones

electrologist - someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots

medical assistant - a person trained to assist medical professionals

medical man, medical practitioner - someone who practices medicine

nurse - one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)

druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller, apothecary, chemist - a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs

professional, professional person - a person engaged in one of the learned professions

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apothecary bonesetter caregiver chemist druggist electrologist gatekeeper health care provider health profession health professional medical assistant medical man medical practitioner nurse PCP pharmacist pill pusher pill roller professional	A primary care provider is the "captain" of a team that includes social workers, nurses, and other professionals who care for the same patient. Advancing the health and well-being of rural communities by Mueller, Keith / Policy & Practice You may be satisfied with your primary care provider, but with a threatening primary care physician shortage, over time having easy access to a primary care provider may only be a luxury (residency spots in family medicine have declined over 50 percent in the last 10 year). Health care: are you really satisfied? We deserve a balanced, honest ... by Kuenning, Teresa Stack / New Hampshire Business Review During the postadvisory period, diagnoses of new episodes of depression by primary care providers also dropped 37% for young adults and 29% for adults. Depression treatment down in wake of FDA advisory by Schneider, Mary Ellen / Clinical Psychiatry News	prima facie prima facie case prima facie evidence prima-facie evidence primacy primaeval primage primal primal therapy Primality primaquine primarily Primariness primary primary accent primary aircraft authorization primary aircraft inventory Primary alcohol primary amenorrhea Primary amine Primary amputation primary atypical pneumonia Primary axis primary care primary care physician primary care provider primary cell primary censorship primary coil primary color primary color for light primary color for pigments primary colors primary colour primary colour for light primary colour for pigments primary consumer primary control officer primary control ship primary dentition primary dysmenorrhea primary education primary effect primary election primary feather primary flight control primary growth primary health care primary imagery dissemination primary imagery dissemination system primary interest	Primary Care Information Project Primary Care Information Services Primary Care Internal Medicine Primary Care Learning Association Primary Care Liability Alert Primary Care Manager Primary Care Manager by Name Primary Care Medical Center Primary Care Mental Health Worker Primary Care Network Primary Care Network Primary Care Nurses Network Primary Care Nursing Research Network Primary Care Office Primary Care Office InSite Primary Care Optimization Primary Care Optometry News Primary Care Paramedic Primary Care Partnership Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner primary care physician primary care physician primary care physician primary care physician Primary Care Physician Case Manager Primary Care Physician Incentive Payment Primary Care Physician Program Primary care physicians Primary care physicians primary care provider Primary Care Provider Mental Health Primary Care Quality Centre Primary Care Rehabilitation Facility Primary Care Renewal Initiative Primary Care Research Network Primary Care Research Team Assessment Primary Care Research Unit Primary Care Respiratory Journal Primary Care Rheumatology Society Primary Care Rural Health Primary Care Satisfaction Survey for Women Primary Care Service Area Primary Care Sharing the Evidence Primary Care Site Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology Primary Care Support Network Primary Care Support Service Primary Care Trust Primary Care Trust Primary Care Trust Medical Services Primary Care Unit primary caries Primary carnitine deficiency Primary Carrier Plan primary cartilage primary cartilage primary cartilage

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apothecary
bonesetter
caregiver
chemist
druggist
electrologist
gatekeeper
health care provider
health profession
health professional
medical assistant
medical man
medical practitioner
nurse
PCP
pharmacist
pill pusher
pill roller
professional

A primary care provider is the "captain" of a team that includes social workers, nurses, and other professionals who care for the same patient.

Advancing the health and well-being of rural communities by Mueller, Keith / Policy & Practice

You may be satisfied with your primary care provider, but with a threatening primary care physician shortage, over time having easy access to a primary care provider may only be a luxury (residency spots in family medicine have declined over 50 percent in the last 10 year).

Health care: are you really satisfied? We deserve a balanced, honest ... by Kuenning, Teresa Stack / New Hampshire Business Review

During the postadvisory period, diagnoses of new episodes of depression by primary care providers also dropped 37% for young adults and 29% for adults.

Depression treatment down in wake of FDA advisory by Schneider, Mary Ellen / Clinical Psychiatry News