a mixed picture for nursing homes

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To attract caregivers to medical deserts, local authorities are increasing aid of all kinds. But are they effective?

Par Caroline Peat

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If we stick to data from the Department of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (Drees), only 3% of the French population is located in a real “medical desert”.
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Published on 10/03/2023 at 08:31

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Oopen a nursing home, offer financial aid for the installation of new doctors or health professionals… In its latest report, the Court of Audit scrutinizes the levers available to local authorities (regions, departments, community of municipalities, etc.) to attract caregivers to medical deserts. The magistrates consider that these interventions are « too dispersed, far removed from the concrete difficulties of the patients”.

They also point to a « insufficient targeting” of these local initiatives, the objective of which should be to facilitate access to care for patients living precisely in areas with a shortage of caregivers. « Some communities, despite being faced with complex situations in terms of access to care, are not…