[Is mass ambulatory health care of the population realistic under the present conditions?].

Mass (complete) dispensarization of the population is the highest type of individual care of the population not only in disease but also in health. Extension of dispensary care to the entire population is consistent with the implementation of primary health care (WHO, UNICEF--Alma Ata 1978) and can be achieved by the year 2000 also under our conditions, provided certain organizational, personal and professional prerequisites are met. The latter do not depend only on the health services but have an overall community character.