From the outset, reform of regional health agencies in France, has been torn between two conflicting approaches: traditional state planning and the more recent New Public Management. In fact, the “Hôpital Patients Santé Territoires” (Hospital Patients Health Territories) bill juxtaposes...

The role of the court expert has changed much since the 19thcentury, not only in terms of its organisation and procedural rules, but also in its technical demands and legitimacy. The role of experts in economics and finance – those specialising in accounting, valuation, management, corporate...

Commentaire des articles du Code pénal relatifs à la traite des êtres humains.

European health care systems are facing diverse challenges. In health policy, strong primary care is seen as key to deal with these challenges. European countries differ in how strong their primary care systems are. Two groups of traditionally weak primary care systems are distinguished. First a...

This article examines the link between restrictions on the number of physicians and general practitioners' (GPs) earnings. Using a representative panel of 6016 French self-employed GPs over the years 1983-2004, we estimate an earnings function to identify experience, time and cohort effects. The...