Yasmina Kattou, edited by Ophélie Artaud 2:07 p.m., November 8, 2022, modified at 2:09 p.m., November 8, 2022
The UFC-Que Choisir consumer association unveils a study on Tuesday which shows the difficulties of access to city medicine for a large number of French people, in particular with regard to general practitioners, gynecologists, ophthalmologists and pediatricians. .
According to the association, the shortage of doctors would greatly increase.
An alarming map of France which shows the extent of the medical deserts on our territory.
The UFC-Que Choisir unveils this Tuesday a study which puts concrete figures on the difficulties of access to city medicine for many French people.
The UFC-Que Choisir consumer association is interested in four categories of doctors.
Doctors more than 45 minutes away
These are general practitioners, gynecologists, ophthalmologists and pediatricians.
According to UFC-Que Choisir, a quarter of women and a quarter of children live in a medical, gynecological desert and a pediatric medical desert.
Access to a general practitioner is also very complicated, for more than 15 million French people, says the association.
To conduct this study, UFC-Que Choisir crossed two criteria: the geographical distance of the doctors, accessible within a 45-minute drive, and the prices charged.
If we take into account only the doctors who do not practice excess fees, the shortage of doctors grows in a maddening way, tells us the UFC-Que Choisir.
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So in an attempt to stem these inequalities, the Association asks the legislator to no longer allow doctors to settle in over-supplied areas, with the exception of doctors practicing Social Security tariffs, and to abolish public aid for doctors not respecting the Social Security tariff.