title: [Governmental measures in Quebec to promote medical practice in remote or isolated areas].
abstract: In the Province of Quebec a list of areas designated "remote" and "isolated" is published by the government. The list is revised yearly. The physicians who set up their office in these areas are entitled to receive financial and non financial supports from the government. The list of these supports has expanded broadly during the last 2 decades. Moreover, the government has designed a number of measures aimed at young medical students to attract them to these areas after they are graduated. Certain internal reports in the Ministry of Health and some publications have tried to assess the effects of all these governmental efforts. But an exhaustive appraisal is not yet available.
authors.affiliation: Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leduc
authors.forename: Henriette
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bilodeau
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005378:Financial Support; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009313:National Health Programs; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D011792:Quebec; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D014146:Training Support