Question

Give three examples of secondary care.

Answer 1

secondary care refers to services provided by health care specialists to patients following a referral from a primary care provider..secondary care is where most people end up when they have a medical condition to deal with which primary care provider can not be handled..
For example:
1, If you go for fever treatment to primary care physician,when he do some blood investigation if it is related to particular infection then primary care provider will refer you to specialist for futher evaluation called secondary care..
2, when a patient having breathing difficulty and going to the primary care provider,he may evaluate the patient if there is any associated cardiac problem he will refer to cardiologist and pulmonalogist for further special treatment which primary care physician can not do that..
3, When patient having abdominal pain with vomiting primary care physician initial treatment not working for the patient..Primary care physician will refer the patient to gastroenterologist for futher evaluation..