The French health system
Who does what in French healthcare: national health insurance and supplementary cover, the coordinated care pathway and the GP, regional health agencies, HAS, ANSM and Santé publique France, mother and child protection, hospitals and the funding voted each year.
- 30 cards
- 3 topics
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The outline, topic by topic
Each topic is weighted the way the exam weighs it.
- Concepts
- Scenarios
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National health insurance: what is it?
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The branch of social security, created in 1945, that reimburses part of care on a principle of solidarity.
Each pays in according to means and receives according to need.
Which body certifies the quality of hospitals and clinics?
- The Haute Autorité de santé (HAS)
- The ARS
- The PMI
- Santé publique France
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The Haute Autorité de santé (HAS)
Certification regularly assesses each facility.
Supplementary health cover: what is it?
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A mutual or insurer that repays some or all of what national insurance leaves to the patient.
It covers in particular the patient's co-payment.
What principle does national health insurance rest on?
- Each pays for their own care
- Only the sick pay in
- Chance
- Solidarity: each pays in according to means and receives according to need
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Solidarity: each pays in according to means and receives according to need
It is the legacy of 1945.
Coordinated care pathway: what is it?
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An organisation in which the patient registers a GP who refers them to specialists.
Outside it, the patient is reimbursed less.
A nurse sees an unexpected serious side effect of a drug. Where is it reported?
- To the PMI
- To pharmacovigilance (the regional centre, for ANSM)
- To the town hall
- Nowhere
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To pharmacovigilance (the regional centre, for ANSM)
Every health professional may and should report.