France: Inequalities in Access to Care Worsen, According to a UFC-Que Choisir Report

Radio France Internationale

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For the French, access to a doctor varies more and more depending on the region. Inequalities are widening. This is the observation of a report, published this Tuesday, June 24, by the UFC-Que Choisir consumer association.

franceinfo.fr

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Three quarters of the departments are gradually emptying out of their doctors. In an investigation, the association "UFC-Que Choisir" notes that the situation has deteriorated faster for the last ten years in the departments already affected. Millions of French people now live in medical deserts. This is particularly the case in a commune in the Eure, in Amfreville-Saint-Amand.

midilibre.fr

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Access to health care continues to deteriorate in France, according to a barometer of the UFC-Que Choisir which warns about the worsening of medical deserts, especially in the departments already most affected.

NotreTemps.com

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Inequalities in access to care are worsening in France, according to a barometer of the UFC-Que Choisir, which considers that the situation is deteriorating especially in the departments already most affected. "The territorial divide continues to widen", summarized in a press release...

quechoisir.org

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While the UFC-Que Choisir has been mobilizing for a long time against the health gap and medical desertification, the Association is publishing a new and unpublished study which reveals a worsening of the distribution of doctors in the territory: three quarters of the departments have seen their situation deteriorate in 10 years. Public policies conducted so far, based on costly incentives, fail to stem this situation. Regulating the installatio…