reimbursement: primary care
First-level, outpatient, medical services, as opposed to services such as routine surgery for, e.g., gallstones (secondary care), or complex medical services and procedures (e.g., heart transplants, tertiary care). Primary care sometimes is also defined by the physician specialties involved: Usually family or general practice, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, and internal medicine.*
Also: primary care physician
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*Extracted from Family Physicians and Managed Care: A View to the 90's: (paperback 1993) with permission from American Academy of Family Physicians