Postgrad Med. 1981 Aug; 70(2): 69-76.

Primary health care in the People's Republic of China.

Taylor RB.

In scarcely more than 30 years, the People's Republic of China has progressed from limited health care available only to a privileged few to a countrywide system providing basic services to one fifth of the world's population. The author gives his impressions of the current situation, based on a recent visit.