What term is synonymous with outpatient care and includes private medical offices, outpatient clinics, and walk-in clinics in pharmacies, shopping centers and other sites, and provides care for minor or routine health problems, like insect stings, wounds, and common illnesses, or more advanced care like outpatient chemotherapy or surgeries?

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The term you are looking for is "ambulatory care." Ambulatory care encompasses a variety of medical services provided to patients who do not require hospitalization and includes private medical offices, outpatient clinics, and other facilities that offer care for minor or routine health issues as well as more complex treatments like outpatient chemotherapy and surgeries.