The health status of immigrants is considered as a genuine public health concern due to the economic and social fragility that they may experience, which contributes to the deterioration of their health. This review of French studies on migrant health status and access to care suggests the...

Background Biosimilars are copies of biological reference medicines. Unlike generics (copies of chemical molecules), biologics are complex, expensive and complicated to produce. The knowledge of the factors affecting the competition following patent expiry for biologics remains limited....

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...

De nombreux pays ont introduit des mécanismes concurrentiels en assurance maladie, tout en instaurant une régulation pour éviter la sélection des risques et garantir une solidarité entre malades et bien portants. Le modèle de la « concurrence régulée » est ainsi appliqué pour...

Le dispositif de l’Aide complémentaire santé (ACS) a été mis en place au 1er janvier 2005 afin d’inciter les ménages dont le niveau de vie se situe juste au dessus du plafond CMU-C à acquérir une couverture complémentaire santé (CS). Même si le nombre de bénéficiaires a lentement...

Common sense as health professionals tend to dramatize the conflict between managerial rationality on one side, professional ethics on the other. According to this point of view, budgetary constraints and implementation of new managerial tools are many dangers to the values that health...

L'Aide complémentaire santé (ACS) ou « chèque santé » a été mise en place en 2005 pour inciter les ménages dont le niveau de vie se situe juste au-dessus du plafond CMU-C à acquérir une couverture complémentaire santé grâce à une subvention. Même si le nombre de bénéficiaires a...

This paper analyses the regulation of ambulatory care and its impact on physicians'careers, using a representative panel of 6; 016 French self-employed GPs over the years 1983 to 2004. The beginning of their activity is influenced by the regulated number of places in medical schools, named in...

In using a general health survey representative of the French population, the 2006 and 2008 French Health, health care and insurance survey, this study explores inequalities in health care utilization between immigrants and natives. Our objective is to highlight the most important factors...