Primary Care and Primary Health Care Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+).docx

Primary Care and Primary Health Care
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Primary Care -
correct answer ✅First level of contact
Gate to other specialists
Allows for continuity
Treatments and Diagnosis for acute, chronic, and prevention
"Narrow" definition, "Family doctor-type"
Services for individuals


Primary Health Care -
correct answer ✅"Broader" term
Includes both services delivered to individuals (primary care) and
population/public-level


Is Primary Health Care a subtype of Primary Care? -
correct answer ✅No, vice versa. Primary Care is a subtype of
Primary Health Care.


Why Care about Primary Care? -
correct answer ✅better primary care = better outcomes and

, Primary Care and Primary Health Care
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
lifestyle = better system (equality in treatment of care and lower
costs)


Are physician assistants Primary Care Providers? -
correct answer ✅Yes (trick q).
FPs and GPs
Other clinicians:
o Nurses (RN, NP, RPN)
o Physician assistants
o Pharmacists
o Dieticians
o Chiropodists
o Nutritionists
o Social Workers


Where is Primary Care provided? -
correct answer ✅"Doctor" office
Community clinics
Mobile clinics: in remote and rural areas, allows for accessibility