[Geographic inequity revisited: medical staffing of the French territory (1964-1994)].
In 1964, a study evidenced the lack of geographic mobility among French doctors: young graduates are reluctant to take an installation far away from the city of their medical school. Since a law in 1971 entrusted the government with fixing the numerous clausus of each medical school--all medical schools are state-run in France--this paved the way for correcting inequalities in medical staffing by a differenciated student intake according to regions. A study conducted in 1974 quantified this action region by region. Two decades later, one can observe that such an action was not undertaken extensively. However, in relative terms, there was some reduction of geographic inequity in medical staffing. As a matter of fact, the steady growth of French medical workforce and change in all the health system have modified drastically the perceived topic.
Bu Dang Ha Doan
D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history
Les inégalités géographiques revisitées: la médicalisation du territoire (1964-1994).