What is Primary care?
'''Primary care''' is the sort of [[healthcare]] people can use without having to be checked by someone first.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Primary health care EURO|url=https://www.who.int/europe/health-topics/primary-health-care|access-date=2023-03-15|website=www.who.int|language=en}}</ref> It is generally not in hospitals. In most countries this means [[general practitioner]]<nowiki/>s, [[Dentistry|dentists]], [[optician]]<nowiki/>s and [[pharmacist]]<nowiki/>s. [[Emergency department|Emergency departments]] do not expect people to be checked out first. [[Physician assistant]]<nowiki/>s, [[Physiotherapy|physical therapist]]<nowiki/>s, or a [[nurse]] may expect people to be sent to them by a doctor in some places. If people are paying for their own treatment they may be able to go where they want, but in a public healthcare system there are usually more controls. In less developed countries people may be used to going to hospitals for all their problems. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Healthcare]]