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primary care

NOUN
first-contact medical care
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In many rural areas, health centers are sometimes the only source of primary care.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Wellbeing Square in Newhaven, which brings together primary care, community wellbeing and leisure services in one location, officially opened on Thursday.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Tara Humphrey, a primary care leadership consultant, advocates keeping her out-of-office on for her first day back.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

This cost covers routine primary care visits, from annual physicals to chronic disease management.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2026

We’ve had people come in saying they want to sue some specialist, and we’ll say, ‘We don’t think that doctor was negligent. We think it’s your primary care doctor who was at fault.’

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell



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