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primary care

NOUN
first-contact medical care
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The transition from pregnancy care to primary care can have important long-term consequences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Even in primary care, even though we’re supposed to be preventive-focused, it ends up being very disease-focused,” she told me.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

It applies to federally qualified health centers, community clinics that deliver primary care to underserved populations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

She obtained a whole-body Prenuvo MRI even though her primary care physician told her she did not need one.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 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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