Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development : Country Summary Report for France

Situated in Western Europe, France is a high-income country with a gross national income (GNI) above $40,000 per capita. While the overall picture of health status is good, France contains apparent contradictions. Life expectancy is overall better...

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Main Authors:	Barroy, Helene, Or, Zeynep, Kumar, Ankit
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACUTE CARE AGED ALCOHOLISM AMBULATORY CARE AMBULATORY SECTOR ANESTHESIA BASIC HEALTH SERVICES BULLETIN CANCER CHIROPRACTIC CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASES CLINICIAN CLINICS COST SHARING COST-EFFICIENCY DEATHS DELIVERY MECHANISMS DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS DIALYSIS DIET DISABILITY DOCTORS DRUGS ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT EQUAL ACCESS FEE SCHEDULE FEE-FOR-SERVICE FEE-FOR-SERVICE BASIS FEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENT FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL PROTECTION FINANCING HEALTH CARE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH IN HEALTH SPENDING GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH DATA HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FUNDING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHCARE HEALTHCARE SPENDING HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITAL SECTOR HOSPITALS HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE FUNDS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LOW INCOME MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL GOODS MEDICAL PROCEDURES MEDICAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MONITORING MECHANISMS NATIONAL POLICY NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OLD AGE PARAMEDICS PATIENT PATIENT CHOICE PATIENTS PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS PHYSIOTHERAPISTS POCKET PAYMENTS POLICY DECISIONS POPULATION GROUPS PRESCRIPTIONS PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE HOSPITALS PRIVATE SPENDING PSYCHIATRY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF LIFE SCREENING SICKNESS FUNDS SMOKING SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STATE POLICIES SURGERY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WAR WORKERS
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spelling	okr-10986-207272021-04-23T14:03:56Z Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development : Country Summary Report for France Barroy, Helene Or, Zeynep Kumar, Ankit ACUTE CARE AGED ALCOHOLISM AMBULATORY CARE AMBULATORY SECTOR ANESTHESIA BASIC HEALTH SERVICES BULLETIN CANCER CHIROPRACTIC CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASES CLINICIAN CLINICS COST SHARING COST-EFFICIENCY DEATHS DELIVERY MECHANISMS DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS DIALYSIS DIET DISABILITY DOCTORS DRUGS ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT EQUAL ACCESS FEE SCHEDULE FEE-FOR-SERVICE FEE-FOR-SERVICE BASIS FEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENT FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL PROTECTION FINANCING HEALTH CARE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH IN HEALTH SPENDING GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH DATA HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FUNDING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHCARE HEALTHCARE SPENDING HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITAL SECTOR HOSPITALS HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE FUNDS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LOW INCOME MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL GOODS MEDICAL PROCEDURES MEDICAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MONITORING MECHANISMS NATIONAL POLICY NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OLD AGE PARAMEDICS PATIENT PATIENT CHOICE PATIENTS PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS PHYSIOTHERAPISTS POCKET PAYMENTS POLICY DECISIONS POPULATION GROUPS PRESCRIPTIONS PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE HOSPITALS PRIVATE SPENDING PSYCHIATRY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF LIFE SCREENING SICKNESS FUNDS SMOKING SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STATE POLICIES SURGERY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WAR WORKERS Situated in Western Europe, France is a high-income country with a gross national income (GNI) above $40,000 per capita. While the overall picture of health status is good, France contains apparent contradictions. Life expectancy is overall better than in many European countries, but premature male deaths remain high due to accidents, smoking, and alcoholism. Social and geographic inequalities in health are substantial, to the disadvantage of the northern parts of metropolitan France and overseas departments and territories. The French system largely relies on Bismarckian-based Statutory Health Insurance (SHI), established after the Second World War. Universal coverage was fully achieved in 2000 when a new law (Universal Medical Coverage Act, or CMU by its French acronym) expanded coverage to noncontributory low-income groups. Financial sustainability of the model has been a recurrent concern over the last three decades. Recent shifts in the funding model and the introduction of spending targets and efficiency measures have injected some flexibility to the system. 2014-12-16T19:16:06Z 2014-12-16T19:16:06Z 2014-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20272392/france-universal-health-coverage-inclusive-sustainable-development-country-summary-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20727 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia France
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topic	ACUTE CARE AGED ALCOHOLISM AMBULATORY CARE AMBULATORY SECTOR ANESTHESIA BASIC HEALTH SERVICES BULLETIN CANCER CHIROPRACTIC CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASES CLINICIAN CLINICS COST SHARING COST-EFFICIENCY DEATHS DELIVERY MECHANISMS DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS DIALYSIS DIET DISABILITY DOCTORS DRUGS ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT EQUAL ACCESS FEE SCHEDULE FEE-FOR-SERVICE FEE-FOR-SERVICE BASIS FEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENT FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL PROTECTION FINANCING HEALTH CARE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH IN HEALTH SPENDING GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH DATA HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FUNDING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHCARE HEALTHCARE SPENDING HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITAL SECTOR HOSPITALS HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE FUNDS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LOW INCOME MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL GOODS MEDICAL PROCEDURES MEDICAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MONITORING MECHANISMS NATIONAL POLICY NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OLD AGE PARAMEDICS PATIENT PATIENT CHOICE PATIENTS PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS PHYSIOTHERAPISTS POCKET PAYMENTS POLICY DECISIONS POPULATION GROUPS PRESCRIPTIONS PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE HOSPITALS PRIVATE SPENDING PSYCHIATRY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF LIFE SCREENING SICKNESS FUNDS SMOKING SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STATE POLICIES SURGERY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WAR WORKERS
spellingShingle	ACUTE CARE AGED ALCOHOLISM AMBULATORY CARE AMBULATORY SECTOR ANESTHESIA BASIC HEALTH SERVICES BULLETIN CANCER CHIROPRACTIC CHRONIC CONDITIONS CHRONIC DISEASES CLINICIAN CLINICS COST SHARING COST-EFFICIENCY DEATHS DELIVERY MECHANISMS DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS DIALYSIS DIET DISABILITY DOCTORS DRUGS ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT EQUAL ACCESS FEE SCHEDULE FEE-FOR-SERVICE FEE-FOR-SERVICE BASIS FEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENT FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL PROTECTION FINANCING HEALTH CARE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH IN HEALTH SPENDING GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SPENDING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH DATA HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FUNDING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH RISKS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHCARE HEALTHCARE SPENDING HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITAL SECTOR HOSPITALS HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE FUNDS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LOW INCOME MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL GOODS MEDICAL PROCEDURES MEDICAL SERVICES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MONITORING MECHANISMS NATIONAL POLICY NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OLD AGE PARAMEDICS PATIENT PATIENT CHOICE PATIENTS PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS PHYSIOTHERAPISTS POCKET PAYMENTS POLICY DECISIONS POPULATION GROUPS PRESCRIPTIONS PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE HOSPITALS PRIVATE SPENDING PSYCHIATRY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF LIFE SCREENING SICKNESS FUNDS SMOKING SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY STATE POLICIES SURGERY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WAR WORKERS Barroy, Helene Or, Zeynep Kumar, Ankit Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development : Country Summary Report for France
geographic_facet	Europe and Central Asia France
description	Situated in Western Europe, France is a high-income country with a gross national income (GNI) above $40,000 per capita. While the overall picture of health status is good, France contains apparent contradictions. Life expectancy is overall better than in many European countries, but premature male deaths remain high due to accidents, smoking, and alcoholism. Social and geographic inequalities in health are substantial, to the disadvantage of the northern parts of metropolitan France and overseas departments and territories. The French system largely relies on Bismarckian-based Statutory Health Insurance (SHI), established after the Second World War. Universal coverage was fully achieved in 2000 when a new law (Universal Medical Coverage Act, or CMU by its French acronym) expanded coverage to noncontributory low-income groups. Financial sustainability of the model has been a recurrent concern over the last three decades. Recent shifts in the funding model and the introduction of spending targets and efficiency measures have injected some flexibility to the system.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Barroy, Helene Or, Zeynep Kumar, Ankit
author_facet	Barroy, Helene Or, Zeynep Kumar, Ankit
author_sort	Barroy, Helene
title	Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development : Country Summary Report for France
title_short	Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development : Country Summary Report for France
title_full	Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development : Country Summary Report for France
title_fullStr	Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development : Country Summary Report for France
title_full_unstemmed	Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development : Country Summary Report for France
title_sort	universal health coverage for inclusive and sustainable development : country summary report for france
publisher	World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20272392/france-universal-health-coverage-inclusive-sustainable-development-country-summary-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20727
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Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development : Country Summary Report for France

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