Location dynamics of general practitioners in France

ABSTRACT:

Background

For several years now, the socio-political context in France has widened the territorial divide between metropolitan France and peripheral France. Access to healthcare is part of this divide, which harms small and medium-sized towns as well as rural fringes. This article focuses on these geographic dynamics in access to healthcare, with a focus on self-employed general practitioners (GPs), who are essential links in the care pathway as referring physicians.

Methods

This paper uses data from French public statistics from 2007 to 2017 to build spatial panels and to highlight the territorial factors that explain the dynamics of the locations of GPs.

Results

Over the period under review, the density of GPs has decreased and territorial disparity has increa

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9530612 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature