[The issue of medical care accessibility in pre-revolutionary Russia].

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.