Health‐care system in France

Abstract

The article focuses on health-care system in France. The French health-care system is almost totally under the supervision of the government, which defines the general orientation of health policy. The French health-care system is a mixed system, being both etatic and liberal. To finance the health-care system, including ambulatory and hospital care, a budget is approved by parliament annually. Last year, the treatment of AD was listed as a national priority and the government established a care program for the disease.