title: Extension of health service coverage in Costa Rica.
abstract: Costa Rica's National Health Plan for 1971-1980 has given top priority to extension of health coverage--focusing especially on marginal rural and periurban areas. By June 1977 implementation of this plan had provided coverage for over 80 per cent of Costa Rica's scattered rural population. Community participation was being encouraged, together with an integrated approach to the problems of these marginal regions.
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D003364:Costa Rica; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D012423:Rural Health; D014505:Urban Population