The hospital in a state of economic distress?

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Ambulances parked outside a temporary hospital for Covid-19 patients at the Lenexpo exhibition complex in St. Petersburg, June 24, 2021. REUTERS - ANTON VAGANOV

By: Bruno Faure Follow

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This is the place where the health of many of us is at stake, especially at this time with the Covid 19 pandemic: the hospital.

In what economic state is it, sometimes saturated with sick people, often deprived of financial resources? 

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Admittedly its evils are older, certainly the situations are very different, according to the level of development of the countries, according to their economic doctrine, but there is everywhere the budgetary constraint which is imposed on public health establishments.

In the end, hospital staff work in increasingly less comfortable conditions and the quality of care is often called into question. 

To talk about it, our guest is Carine Milcent, economist specializing in health systems, researcher at the CNRS, Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics (Paris School of Economics), author of several books including

"competition between hospitals threatens the quality of care?

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To Cepremap editions. 

Reports: 

- In eastern France, the HUS (Strasbourg University Hospitals) is the establishment with the largest deficit in the country.

A colossal debt for this single establishment: 500 million euros.

Alexis Bédu met with management and employees. 

EDI 04.09 Report Strasbourg A.Bédu

- In the United States, in an ultra-liberal system, American hospitals are mostly private.

The pandemic has exposed the inequalities and flaws in the system, says RFI New York correspondent Loubna Anaki. 

EDI 04.09 Loubna Anaki

- How does Madagascar, a poor country, manage the health crisis from a hospital point of view?

Beyond the debate on vaccination and other local remedies, we know that the equipment problems are deep.

And for patients, it is often difficult to get proper care.

Report by RFI correspondent Laure Verneau.

EDI 04.09 EDI Madagacsar Laure Verneau

Also to listen: 

- A dossier on the economic consequences of the football transfer window after the transfers of Lionel Messi to PSG and Cristiano Ronaldo to Manchester United.

What future for financial fair play?

How to manage the payroll of the stars of the round ball?

What future influence of investment funds, ready to invest in competitions?

Lighting by Luc Arrondel, sports economist. 

EDI 04.09 Football interview Luc Arrondel

The great guest of Eco from here, Eco from elsewhere: 

- Franck Grimaud, CEO of Valneva, a Franco-Austrian laboratory in the race for a vaccine against Covid 19. He unveils his projects for the whole world, including Africa.

And his optimistic view of the health situation. 

EDI 04.09 interview Franck Grimaud, DG Valneva

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