FRANCE | Health Topics

There are multiple views on the strengths, weaknesses, and efficacy of France's health care system. Below is a curated list of perspectives and insights on various topics that best illustrate the scope of debate. This information has been collected from academic, media, and industry sources from both within and outside of the country. It is not comprehensive. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and are not a reflection of the position of the Mailman School of Public Health or its faculty.

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Health Topics Included

GAPS & CHALLENGES

Government of the French Republic | Health System Transformation Strategy⁵

HEALTH DISPARITIES & MINORITY HEALTH

Health Policy | Disparities In Access To Health Care In Three French Regions⁶

Journal of Urban Health | Perceived Neighborhood Safety Is Associated with Poor Sleep Health Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Paris, France⁷

VoxEU | Analysing Trends in Mortality Inequality in the US and France⁸

MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH

The Atlantic | Why IVF Has Divided France⁹

The Nation | France Debates Single Women’s and Lesbians’ Access to IVF¹⁰

The World | France Moves to Make Reproductive Technology Legal for All¹¹

PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH SYSTEM

American Journal of Public Health | The Health Care System Under French National Health Insurance¹²

CNBC | France’s Health-Care System Was Ranked As The World’s Best—Here’s How It Compares With The US¹³

Renestance | The Pros and Cons of the French Healthcare System¹⁴

The Conversation | How Healthy Is The French Health System?¹⁵

The Lancet | Macron's Vision For The French Health System¹⁶

The Local | OPINION: The Renowned French Health Service Is Disappearing Before Our Eyes¹⁷

The New York Times | What a French Doctor’s Office Taught Me About Health Care¹⁸

References

1. Gray, M. (2020, September 19). France Uncovers Mutant, Fast-Moving Covid-19 Strains. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2020/09/19/france-uncovers-mutant-fast-moving-covid-1....

2. Harnay, P.-V., & Rème, P. (2012). Carbon taxation in France: a failure compared with experience elsewhere in Europe? The case of road freight transport. European Transport Research Review, 4(4), 201–215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12544-012-0079-4.

3. France’s Macron Vows To Battle Biodiversity Loss After Shock Un Report. (2019, May 7). France 24. https://www.france24.com/en/20190507-macron-announces-measures-protect-b....

4. Gobillon, L., & Milcent, C. (2017, July 21). VoxEU. https://voxeu.org/article/hospital-competition-and-performance-france.

5. Government of the French Republic. (2020, July 3). Health System Transformation Strategy. Gouvernement.fr. https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/health-system-transformation-strategy.

6. Gusmano, M. K., Weisz, D., Rodwin, V. G., Lang, J., Qian, M., Bocquier, A., … Verger, P. (2014). Disparities in access to health care in three French regions. Health Policy, 114(1), 31–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.07.011.

7. Duncan, D. T., Park, S. H., Goedel, W. C., Kreski, N. T., Morganstein, J. G., Hambrick, H. R., … Chaix, B. (2017). Perceived Neighborhood Safety Is Associated with Poor Sleep Health among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Paris, France. Journal of Urban Health, 94(3), 399–407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-017-0148-z.

8. Currie, J., Schwandt, H., & Thuilliez, J. (2018, August 10). Trends in mortality inequality in the US and France. VOX, CEPR Policy Portal. https://voxeu.org/article/trends-mortality-inequality-us-and-france.

9. Donadio, R. (2019, October 6). Why Ivf Has Divided France. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/10/france-ivf-abo....

10. Kaplan, I. (2019, November 27). France Debates Single Women's and Lesbians' Access to IVF. The Nation. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/france-ivf/.

11.Brinbaum, S. (2019, October 18). France moves to make reproductive technology legal for all. The World from PRX. https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-10-18/france-moves-make-reproductive-te....

12. Rodwin, V. G. (2003). The Health Care System Under French National Health Insurance: Lessons for Health Reform in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 93(1), 31–37. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.93.1.31.

13. Morabito, C. (2019, May 17). France’s Health-Care System Was Ranked As The World’s Best—Here’s How It Compares With The Us.’ CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/17/france-versus-the-united-states-how-the-....

14. Rowell-Gastard, J. (2017, June 9). The Pros and Cons of the French Healthcare System. https://www.renestance.com/blog/pros-cons-french-healthcare-system/.

15. Chambaud, L. (2017, September 21). How Healthy Is The French Health System? The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-healthy-is-the-french-health-system-83329.

16. Casassus, B. (2017). Macron's vision for the French health system. The Lancet, 389(10082), 1871–1872. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31268-0.

17. McPartland, B. (2019, November 14). Opinion: The Renowned French Health Service Is Disappearing Before Our Eyes. The Local. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191114/opinion-the-renowned-french-health-serv....

18. Rex, E. (2019, January 2). What a French Doctor’s Office Taught Me About Health Care. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/opinion/france-united-states-universa....

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