In each case the primary diagnosis was substance abuse, and initial treatment was given accordingly.
The actual amount depends on the primary diagnosis that is actually made at the hospital.
The primary diagnoses of the patients are listed in Table 3.
AS - provided care during first admission and initial follow up, and made the primary diagnosis.
In Canada, hypertension is the leading primary diagnosis for patient visits to physicians' offices.
But the findings do not reflect that virtually every elderly patient at Memorial has a primary diagnosis of cancer.
In 1983, we provided care for 30 primary diagnoses.
He said those areas include primary diagnosis (is the tumor malignant?)
His physical complaints were certainly worthy of follow-up, but the primary diagnosis could be made across the desk.
"We are not bringing in functioning people whose primary diagnosis is a social breakdown, or an economic problem," he said.