[Primary medical care in social health research].

Primary health care as subject of recent and present research work carried out in the Institute of Social Hygiene is being described in the context of a historic review. The Institute's interest has been and is concentrated on morbidity and the state of health of rural populations as well as on health services provided for them. Emphasis is being layed on the growing independence of General Medicine as medical discipline because of it's key role in out-patient medical care. The Institute's contribution to one of the University's profile which is primary health care is being explained.