secondary care
noun
: medical care provided by a specialist or facility upon referral by a primary care physician compare primary care, tertiary care
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Compared to 2019, that was about 50 minutes of extra secondary care per day for men and 66 minutes of extra time for women.
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Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 22 July 2021
The need right now is to address primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care.
—Itika Sharma Punit, Quartz India, 15 Sep. 2019
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Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 22 July 2021
The need right now is to address primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care.
—Itika Sharma Punit, Quartz India, 15 Sep. 2019
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“Secondary care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20care. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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