primary care

Definition

noun
  • in the UK, health services offered directly to individuals by GPs, dentists, opticians and other health professionals who may also refer a patient on to specialists for further treatment.
    Also called primary health care, primary medical care Compare secondary care, tertiary care
"…primary care is largely concerned with clinical management of individual patients, while community medicine tends to view the whole population as its patient"[Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners]
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