[Hospital emergency and health system organization in France].
There is no legal definition of the term "emergency" in France. Given the vagueness of this term, a law was passed on 6 January 1986 in France defining the principle of urgent medical assistance as "providing the sick, the wounded and pregnant women, wherever they are, with the appropriate emergency care to meet their condition". The Ethical Medical Code of 6 September 1995 (Art. 77) specifies that "regarding constant availability of health care, the duty of every doctor is to take part in the day and night on-call rota". To understand the emergency care system in France, it should be stressed that the health system is a joint system, with a private sector and a public sector jointly organizing and providing health care. The patient can access either system as he chooses.
Fédération Hospitalière de France.
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Moreau
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005602:France; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017149:Private Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017150:Public Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*