Mismatch between registration possibilities and patients' local health needs, a simulated patient survey in the Paris metropolitan area.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We studied the association between GPs' characteristics and the places they practise, in terms of the supply and demand for primary care and of the registration of new patients for ongoing care at the office or for house calls.

Study design

An exhaustive simulated patient survey enabled us to determine the GPs practising in the Paris metropolitan region who were accepting new patients for registration for continuing care at their office and/or for house calls.

Methods

We studied the associations between the characteristics of GPs who were accepting new patient registrations and those describing their office location.

Results

In 2017-2018, we contacted 8171 physicians (87.6% of the GPs in the region), 49.70% were willing to register a new patient for

SUBMITTER: Delpech R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12581403 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature