France

Le recrutement des travailleurs immigrés: France 2017

Fact sheet: Trends in Nursing Education in France

In France, there is only one main category of nurses. Following the 2009 reform, nursing education has moved from vocational programmes to higher education (university) programmes, with a requirement for nurses to obtain a Bachelor degree to align these educational requirements with other European countries.

Overview of Health Policy in France

The French health care system performs relatively well. Health outcomes are better than the OECD average and citizens enjoy good access to care. However, France is lagging behind other OECD countries in some areas including for example antibiotics prescribing or alcohol consumption.

La France doit poursuivre ses efforts pour prévenir les maladies et accroître l’efficience de son système de santé, selon Panorama de la santé 2013

La France a un système de santé qui se compare toujours avantageusement, à bien des égards, à la plupart des autres pays de l’OCDE. Mais il est important de poursuivre les efforts visant la prévention des maladies et l’amélioration de l’efficience du système de santé pour maintenir la qualité et l’accès aux soins dans un contexte budgétaire serré, selon un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE.

OECD Health Working Paper No. 56. Description of Alternative Approaches to Measure and Place a Value on Hospital Products in Seven OECD Countries

To assess the feasibility of using secondary data sets information to feed an output-based PPP approach for hospital services, we reviewed the main characteristics of diagnoses and procedures coding standards, DRG classification systems, and cost-finding methods used in selected OECD countries.

OECD Health Working Paper No. 55: Mortality Amenable to Health Care in 31 OECD Countries: Estimates and Methodological Issues

The mortality amenable to health care is defined as a possible indicator to measure the health care systems performance in preventing premature deaths that can be avoided by appropriate health care intervention. This paper assesses the feasibility of using this indicator in OECD countries.

Les tendances de l'incapacité parmi la population âgée: Analyse des évolutions dans 12 pays de l'OCDE et des implications futures (Document de travail sur la santé)

Alors que le nombre et la proportion de personnes âgées de 65 ans et plus vont continuer de s’accroître au cours des prochaines décennies, une amélioration de l’état fonctionnel des personnes âgées pourrait contribuer à ralentir l’augmentation de la demande.

Using Hospital Administrative Databases for a Disease-based Approach

This working paper provides a preliminary overview of the main hospital administrative data sets potentially available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden and the United States.