HSPM FRANCE 2023

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COUNTRY UPDATE | 7 April 2026

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POLICY ANALYSIS | 22 May 2025

Recent attempts at regulating the establishment of self-employed physicians’ practice across the country

France

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France: health system summary 2024 (updated)

The French health system combines a social health insurance system with a national health system approach. It provides universal population coverage...

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Health Systems in Transition, Vol. 25 No. 3

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This 2025 edition of the Country Health Profile presents a succinct analysis of health status in the country; health determinants and risk factors; the...

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Contributors

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Karine Chevreul
Coralie Gandré
Morgane Michel
Zeynep Or

Editors

Béatrice Durvy
Cristina Hernández-Quevedo

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IRDES, Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics

https://www.irdes.fr/

Université Paris Cité - with Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris & Inserm

https://u-paris.fr/

Country updates

Creation of a national cancer registry

France develops a national strategy to tackle medical disinformation

France increased flat co-payments to reduce its budget deficit

France expands smoking ban in outdoor public areas

Policy Analyses

Recent attempts at regulating the establishment of self-employed physicians’ practice across the country

More Information on this country

Resources

France: health system summary 2024 (updated)

France: health system review 2023

France: Country Health Profile 2025

Contributors

THE HSPM Network

Country updates

Creation of a national cancer registry Creation of a national cancer registry

France develops a national strategy to tackle medical disinformation France develops a national strategy to tackle medical disinformation

France increased flat co-payments to reduce its budget deficit France increased flat co-payments to reduce its budget deficit

France expands smoking ban in outdoor public areas France expands smoking ban in outdoor public areas

Policy Analyses

Recent attempts at regulating the establishment of self-employed physicians’ practice across the country Recent attempts at regulating the establishment of self-employed physicians’ practice across the country

More Information on this country

Resources

France: health system summary 2024 (updated)

France: health system review 2023

France: Country Health Profile 2025

Contributors

THE HSPM Network

Creation of a national cancer registry

France develops a national strategy to tackle medical disinformation

France increased flat co-payments to reduce its budget deficit

France expands smoking ban in outdoor public areas

Recent attempts at regulating the establishment of self-employed physicians’ practice across the country