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primary care

NOUN
first-contact medical care
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It built out its urgent-care and primary-care business, spending about $10 billion to buy Oak Street Health, which provides primary care to older adults.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

There are about 2,000 safety-net clinics in California that deliver primary care to underserved populations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Wait times were often long and tempers short, he said, as patients without primary care showed up seeking help for minor ailments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The transition from pregnancy care to primary care can have important long-term consequences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 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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