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# Medical Care Provisions
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There are different types and categories in the [medical care provisions](https://we.riseup.net/medicalalgorithm
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The first point of consultation in all medical processes is called the Primary care, whose key characteristic is continuity of care. This [medical service](https://www.deviantart.com/medicalalgorithm/journal/Barthel-Index-932996630
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Secondary care refers to the service provided by [medical specialists](https://myanimelist.net/profile/Medicalalgorithm
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Tertiary health care is specialized consultative care, they are referred to by the primary or secondary medical care specialists. These Tertiary professionals usually administer in a center that has personnel and facilities for necessary diagnostic treatment and investigation such as specialist hospitals, trauma centers, advanced neurology unit services, organ transplants, high-risk pregnancy, radiation oncology, etc. These Tertiary care services also include specialist cancer care, neurosurgery, [burns care and plastic surgery](https://medium.com/@medicalalgorithm11/medical-decision-support-583c6ad980bc
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The extension of tertiary care is called Quaternary Care. It refers to the less common but more specific advanced levels of medicine that are not highly used. The bulk of Quaternary care is composed of experimental medicine, service oriented surgeries and other less common approaches to treatment and diagnostics. Such procedures take place in a [medical laboratory](https://www.ted.com/profiles/39429884/about
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