OBJECTIVE:To probe into the effects of carrying out"Prescription Set"self-help service in cooperative medical care clinic service in countryside in lessening the economical burden of peasants patients and enabling more people benefited from the basic health care.METHODS:Targeting at the common diseases in clinic service of the health center,for each of which at least3kinds of treatment plans prescription in different prices were worked out,to make the peasants patients choose the prescription freely.RESULTS&CONCLUSION:The outpatient number has increased significantly while medical expenses on prescriptions of outpatients decreased significantly in the primary level hospitals and community clinics through the practice of"Prescription Set"self-help service.