Main facts and figures about the healthcare system

Population: 63,578 million inhabitants
GDP for France: 1.970 billion Euro
The total for recurrent health expenditure amounted to 206.5 billion Euros (10.9 % of GDP)
Consumption of medical treatment and goods reached 163.8 billion Euro (8.7 of GDP)
Consumption of medical treatment and goods relative to general household consumption is about 12 %

(Sources : National health accounts for 2007, DREES N°655 - September 2008, Eurostat 2008, INSEE 2008)

Healthcare establishments

There are 2,772 healthcare establishments, of which:
 972 Public establishments
 1,800 Private establishments and "PSPH" establishments (private estblishment contributing to public hospital services)

(Sources : INSEE 2008)

Medico-social structures




15,094 welfare and health structures were in existence, of which 59 % devoted to accommodation for the elderly.

Home care




There were 204 establishments of which:
92 Public establishments
112 Private establishments (including 17 PSPH)

  

Some of the health professions
On 01.01.2008, there were 215,028 medical practitioners, pharmacists and dentists, most of them working in the private practice sector. La majorité d'entre-eux exerce en profession libérale




(Sources : CNOM, Medical demography atlas 2008, INSEE 2008)

On 01.01.2008, there were 677,540 healthcare professionals working in the following categories:



(Sources : DREES, statistics series n°131, April 2009)