France

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Health systems in transition
France
Figures page
Fig. 1.1 Map of France 2
Fig. 1.2 Health status indicators, France versus the OECD average 9
Fig. 1.3 Life expectancy at birth in metropolitan France by region, 2011 12
Fig. 2.1 Overview of the health system in France, 2014 21
Fig. 2.2 Process for deciding SHI coverage and official tariffs for drugs 51
Fig. 3.1 Health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in the WHO European Region, 2013 62
Fig. 3.2
Fig. 3.3
Fig. 3.4
Trends in health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in France and
selected countries, 1995–2013 63
Health expenditure in US$ purchasing power parity per capita in the
WHO European Region, 2013 64
Public sector health expenditure as a percentage of total health expenditure
in the WHO European Region, 2013 65
Fig. 3.5 Growth rate of personal health care expenditure in price and volume, 2000–2012 67
Fig. 3.6 Percentage of total expenditure on health by financing agent, 2013 69
Fig. 3.7 Financial flows in the health care system (excluding long-term care and prevention) 70
Fig. 4.1
Use of hospital beds in acute care hospitals in France and selected countries,
1990–2013. (a) Acute care hospital beds per 100 000 population a
(b) Average length of stay. (c) Bed occupancy rate. 104
Fig. 4.2 Number of physicians per 100 000 population in France and selected countries, 1990–2013 109
Fig. 4.3 Number of nurses per 100 000 population in France and selected countries, 1996–2013 109
Fig. 4.4 Number of physicians and nurses per 100 000 population in the WHO European Region, 2013 111
Fig. 4.5
Fig. 4.6
Number of dentists per 100000 population in France and selected countries,
1990–2013 113
Number of pharmacists per 100 000 population in France and selected countries,
1990–2013 115
Fig. 5.1 Outpatient contacts per person per year in the WHO European Region, 2013 128
Fig. 7.1
International comparison of public financing and OOP spending
(2012 current health expenditures) 178
Fig. 7.2 Annual growth rate in ONDAM and size of overrun or underspending of targets 190
Boxes page
Box 5.1 Patient pathway after a heart attack 135
Box 6.1 Major health care reforms and policy measures, 2009–2014 157