PMID: 9554126Apr 29, 1998Paper

Access to health care for the destitute

Bulletin de l'Académie nationale de médecine
M J Sourty-Le Guellec, V Paris

Abstract

An increasing proportion of low income people, in spite of receiving mandatory coverage, cannot afford supplementary insurance, and they cannot afford to advance payment for care which will lately be reimbursed, nor can they afford copayments. The results is that a growing proportion of French population is unable to access common care. Faced with this deteriorating situation, parallel delivery systems of care have been devised at a local level, facilities have been created, and health care providers volunteers to deliver health care to underserved populations. To estimate the extent of the phenomenon, CREDES carried out a specific survey at the national level. First we identified all health care providers or facilities accessible to the underserved. These include traditional providers or facilities, such as private physicians and hospitals which agree to provide "charity care". There are also new facilities created specifically to provide health care to the underserved. The second part of the survey covered the human resources, equipment and services offered at these specific facilities. It revealed the extensive participation by physicians and nursing staff generally on a voluntary basis and the special attention given to the...Continue Reading

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