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Sources.
Every figure on this site traces back to a public statistical body. This page lists the institutions we draw on and how each number is qualified.
DREESdrees.solidarites-sante.gouv.frThe health ministry’s statistics directorate — coverage, spending and workforce data.Assurance Maladie / Ameliameli.frTariffs, reimbursement rules and the official fee schedules.OECD Health Statisticsoecd.orgCross-country comparisons: spending shares, out-of-pocket rates.Agences Régionales de Santéars.sante.frRegional health planning — the under-resourced-zone designations.Sécurité Socialesecurite-sociale.frThe framework legislation and the annual financing picture.
How figures are qualified
Headline numbers are rounded and marked approximate ("≈") because the underlying statistics are revised on their own schedules. Where a figure is contested or moves quickly — the count of people without a médecin traitant, for example — we say so in the text of the entry itself, not in a footnote.
Corrections
If a figure on this site no longer matches its source, we correct the entry and note the correction on it. Write to the desk via the contact page.