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Health System in France

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Health Care Systems and Policies

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The French Republic is comprised of metropolitan France located in western Europe and a collection of overseas islands and territories on other continents. It is a unitary state with administrative subdivisions: 100 departments (local authorities) embedded in 27 regions. On January 1, 2013, the French population totaled 63.7 million inhabitants in metropolitan France and 2.1 million inhabitants in the overseas territories. France is the second most populous country in the European Union (EU), and over three-quarters of its population lives in urban areas. It has the fifth largest economy in the world. The French political system is a parliamentary democracy with a president and a bicameral parliament consisting of a National Assembly and a Senate. France is a welfare state that developed its social security system after the Second World War with the aim of covering the financial risks associated with getting sick, being injured in the workplace, getting old, and growing families.

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  1. Health Economics and Health Services Research Unit, URC ECO Ile de France, Paris, France

    Karine Chevreul

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  1. Berlin University of Technology, WHO Collaborating Ctr for Health Systems Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Ewout van Ginneken

  2. Technische Universität Berlin, WHO Collaborating Ctr for Health Systems Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Reinhard Busse

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Chevreul, K., Brigham, K.B. (2018). Health System in France. In: van Ginneken, E., Busse, R. (eds) Health Care Systems and Policies. Health Services Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6419-8_9-1

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