PRIMARY CARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does primary care mean? 

• PRIMARY CARE (noun)
  The noun PRIMARY CARE has 1 sense:

1. the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)

  Familiarity information: PRIMARY CARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMARY CARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("primary care" is a kind of...):

medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)

 Context examples 

The FNP typically works collaboratively with family primary care physicians and other professionals within the health care system, and is licensed to practice by a state authority.

(Family Practice Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)

In cancer care, an NP may manage the primary care of patients and their families, based on a practice agreement with a doctor.

(NP, NCI Dictionary)

In cancer care, a nurse practitioner may manage the primary care of patients and their families, based on a practice agreement with a doctor.

(Nurse practitioner, NCI Dictionary)

Second, CHCs provide a fully comprehensive range of primary care services, including "enabling" or support services.

(Community Health Center, NCI Thesaurus)

A nurse practitioner who practices in acute or primary care.

(Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)

In cancer care, an APN may manage the primary care of patients and their families, based on a practice agreement with a doctor.

(APN, NCI Dictionary)

In cancer care, an advanced practice nurse may manage the primary care of patients and their families, based on a practice agreement with a doctor.

(Advanced practice nurse, NCI Dictionary)

The individual assigned to be the primary care manager overseeing a patient's medical care during an episode of hospitalization.

(Attending Health Care Provider, NCI Thesaurus)

N.D. has a qualification of primary care physicians with a specialized focus in preventative medicine, natural therapeutics, and emphasis on holistic and nontoxic approaches to therapy and optimizing wellness.

(Naturopathic Doctor, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers at Cambridge followed up 867 individuals across 49 general practices in the UK as part of the ADDITION-Cambridge study to examine the association between primary care practitioner (GP and nurse) empathy and incidence of cardiovascular disease events (such as heart attack and stroke) or death.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)