Community health care（CHC） is a PHC system that provides health-related services within the context of people's daily lives--that is, in places where people spend their time, for example, in homes, in shelters, in long-term care residences, at work, in schools, in senior citizen centers, in ambulatory settings, and in hospitals. Care is provided to individuals who have common needs and live within a defined region.The care is directed toward a specific group within the geographical neighborhood.The group may be established by a physical boundary, an employer, a school district, a managed care insurance provider, or a specific medical need or category.

社区卫生保健（CHC）是PHC中的一个系统，它主要为人们的日常生活提供与健康相关的服务，即在人们每天生活的地方，如家庭、收养所、长期照护机构、工作单位、学校、老年中心、非卧床患者医疗服务站和医院等处为人们提供服务。CHC为那些具有共同需求并生活在某一特定区域的个体提供服务。在这一特定地理位置的特定群体都能够得到。群体的界定可通过地理界限、同一雇主、同一个校区、享受同一健康保险或者特定的医疗需求等分类标准达成。