primary care
The medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare systemThe medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital.
» Do you have a primary care doctor?
Haben Sie einen Hausarzt oder eine Hausärztin? — driini
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1 senses(uncountable)The medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital.
the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)
Examples
13 sentencesDo you have a primary care doctor?
deHaben Sie einen Hausarzt oder eine Hausärztin? — driini
I need to find a new primary care provider.
You have to see your primary health care provider before seeing a specialist.
You haven't listed a primary care provider, so we're unable to cover this claim.
My new primary care provider is a great doctor!
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.