primary care
Americannoun
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Origin of primary care
First recorded in 1970–75
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Within 15 minutes, he said, the primary care doctor was urging him to go see a neurologist.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The monthly cash-pay price for weight-loss pills in Amazon’s new GLP-1 program, which offers patients Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Foundayo GLP-1 pills through its One Medical primary care arm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The tech behemoth unveiled a dedicated “GLP-1 Management Program” through its primary care arm, Amazon One Medical.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
The research team analyzed data from primary care records in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum, which were linked to hospital and mortality data between January 2007 and March 2021.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
We’ve had people come in saying they want to sue some specialist, and we’ll say, ‘We don’t think that doctor was negligent. We think it’s your primary care doctor who was at fault.’
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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