Here are entered works on the process of preventing unnecessary admission to and retention in institutions; finding and developing appropriate alternatives in the community for housing, treatment, training, education, and rehabilitation of persons who do not need to be in institutions; and improving conditions, care, and treatment for those who need to have institutional care. --subdivision Deinstitutionalization under classes of persons
Here are entered works on essential health care made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community by means acceptable to them, through their participation, and at a cost that the community and country can afford. Works on basic or general health care provided usually by a family or general practitioner, internist, pediatrician, obstetrician, gynecologist, physicians' assistant, or nurse practitioner, are entered under Primary care (Medicine).
