Access to health care in France is governed mainly by health insurance funds. In 2000, they covered 75.5 % of current expenditure on health care and medical goods. The remainder is covered by private insurance organisations supplying supplementary occupational and personal insurance cover (12.3 %), by the State and local authorities (1.1 %) and by people themselves (11.1 %).
The reimbursement of health care costs accounts for 84.9% of statutory health insurance expenditure. Health care consumption is (usually partially) reimbursed through repayments to insured persons or payments to providers. The remaining 15.1% of statutory health insurance expenditure goes on cash bene.ts in the form of daily allowances paid to insured persons for maternity, illness or following an accident at work and disability pensions.
(Source: WHO country profile 2004)
Medtech market figures 2003 (million Euro)
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Imports
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3788
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Exports
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1530
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Total expenditure in medical technology
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9000
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Expenditure in medical technology per capita
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(EUR) 152
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Number of companies
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1500
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(Source: Eucomed Industry Profile 2003)
General Information (estimation 2004)
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Population (mio)
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60.1
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Population growth
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0.5%
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GDP (mia EUR)
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1603.4
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GDP growth
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1.8%
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Budget Saldo
(% of GDP)
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-3.9
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Health Infrastructure
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Total expenditure on health, USD per Capita
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2736
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<
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Total expenditure on in-patient care, % total
expenditure on health
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41.3
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<
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Private insurance - % total expenditure on health
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12.3
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<
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Acute care beds per 1000 inhabitants
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4
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>
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Acute care days
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6.2
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>
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Density of physicians per 1000 inhabitants
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3.3
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<
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Hospital discharges: all causes per 100 000 inh. (1999)
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25211
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<
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Population 65 years old and over, % of population
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16.3
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<
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(Source: OECD Health Data 2004)
Links:
Afssaps - Agence française de sécurité des produits de santé
Swiss Representation:
Swiss Business Hub
c/o Ambassade de Suisse
142, rue de Grenelle
FR-75007 Paris
Phone: +33 (0)1 49 55 67 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 49 55 67 67
Homepage:
www.eda.admin.ch/paris
