<prompt> A health care system which is appropriate to everyone whether the service is needed at all in relation to essential human needs, can be accessible to everyone, available to everyone as first level of health care and the cost can be affordable by everyone is:Primary health careSecondary health careTertiary health careBasic health care  <response>: Ans. a Primary health careRef : K. Park 23rd ed. 891-92 PHC is Primary Health Care outlined by Alma Ata in 1978. It is defined as essential health care, which is characterized by 4 As Acceptable it should be acceptable by everyone Accessible it should be accessible by everyone Available it should be available to everyone Affordable it should be affordable to everyone8 Elements of PHC Primary Health Care remembered as ELEMENTSEEssential drugsLLocally endemic disease prevention and controlEEPI Expanded program of immunizationMMCH Maternal and child Health care including family planningEEducationNNutritionTTreatment of common ailmentsSSafe water supply and sanitation Equity of distribution is NOT an element of PHC, but it is one of the principlespillars of the PHC. 4 PrinciplesPillars of Primary Health Care: Equitable distribution Community participation Intersectoral coordination Appropriate technology. 