How to Use primary care in a Sentence

primary care

noun
Definition of primary carenext
  • He provides primary care to inner-city patients.
  • Most of them are Black women, and many of them have no primary care provider.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • But getting in to see her primary care doctor could take a month.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The survey results come at a time when primary care providers are in short supply.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Arnold, a primary care physician, runs through the schedule.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 21 June 2024
  • The total cost of care was 11% lower in the virtual primary care group.
    — Owen Tripp, STAT, 21 May 2024
  • Many people start with a referral to one of these providers through their primary care provider.
    — Bryan Cochran, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2024
  • Sometimes, though, there’s an issue at hand that warrants a trip to an ob-gyn or primary care provider.
    — Mara Santilli, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In the United States, there is little incentive to work in primary care.
    — Carson Terbush, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Talk to your primary care provider about your symptoms and what treatment is available.
    — Marian Anne Eure, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
  • That’s when the Tracys brought Alyssa to her primary care physician, who screened and diagnosed her with autism.
    — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
  • People in earlier stages of CKM may be screened by their primary care provider.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2023
  • One of the problems is that there is no primary care, so that’s why women are not getting any sort of prenatal care.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The first step is to visit a primary care physician or a sleep specialist, says Epstein.
    — Emma Obregón Dominguez, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
  • The bill would also rethink how primary care doctors are paid.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • More than half of participants did not have a primary care physician prior to the study.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2024
  • Your primary care provider can perform a simple urine test to determine whether protein is present in your pee and how much is there.
    — Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Call your primary care doctor to set up an appointment, or reach out to a trusted adult or school counselor.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Now, most of their patients test at home, then check in with their primary care doctor in a telehealth appointment.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
  • By late 2022, the hospital had closed its labor and delivery unit and lost most of its primary care doctors.
    — Cecilia Nowell, CBS News, 18 July 2023
  • None of my training prepared me to become a primary care physician in the age of the electronic medical record.
    — Russell Johnson, STAT, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Despite all the factors that put them at higher risk for lung cancer, neither of them were asked by their primary care doctors to get screened.
    — Simar Bajaj, STAT, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Think about reaching out to your primary care provider to have a conversation about sleep issues.
    — WIRED, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Similar shortages of primary care providers were observed in parts of Ward 8.
    — Janice Kai Chen, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Pfizer and giants like it each have at least 2,000 sales reps marketing to primary care physicians in the United States, Calkins said.
    — Arthur Allen, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The next day, Lanter visited her primary care physician.
    — Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The test is a nasal swab that can be done at a primary care office, pharmacy, urgent care or hospital.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2024
  • One Medical, a high-end primary care network available in more than two dozen cities, was founded in 2007.
    — Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Sometimes, young patients see primary care doctors who don’t have enough training in this area.
    — Steven Berkowitz, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Reach out to a healthcare professional, such as a primary care provider, for support.
    — Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 9 July 2024

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