title: [The issue of medical care accessibility in pre-revolutionary Russia].
abstract: In pre-revolutionary Russia, the issue of medical care accessibility considered concerning the population groups with lower incomes. Later the notion of accessible medical care evolved. It was formulated in a most capacious way by Zemstvo medicine. The zemstvo physicians inputted into this notion not only the availability of curative institutions and medical personnel, but also a territorial and economic accessibility including the provision of population with specialized medical care. The concept proposed by zemstvo public figures was approved by the medical community and public authorities.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history*; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917); D012959:Socioeconomic Factors