How the French health system was built ? What are the mechanisms?

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France, like other countries, has set up a health system. It can be defined, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) as: all organizations, institutions and resources whose purpose is to improve health (...). Health systems mainly perform four essential functions: service delivery, resource creation, financing and administration.

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[...] Indeed, the late 20th century and early 21st are marked by significant organizational changes, which result either of the transfers of health skills (including the increased powers of the regions and departments). In access to care, the 2004 Law on Health Insurance redefines the organization of health care delivery and medical control of health spending. It establishes in particular the notion of care pathways with the statement by each assured of a doctor. II. How it works? On the other hand, the French health system is based on a pluralistic organization of healthcare provision. [...]

[...] The French Revolution of 1789 has caused major changes. Most institutions of the old regime are removed and hospital congregations prohibited. Care facilities were nationalized. From the nineteenth century, medical advances have changed the way of understanding disease and induce new devices to fight against epidemics. The issue of hygiene becomes a collective concern. The State must now ensure the protection of public health. He thus created the first institutions. In the middle of the nineteenth century, the development of wage labor and industrialization drive the States to progressively ensure a replacement income in case of illness. [...]

[...] In France, the health insurance fund about 75% of the expenditure of care and medical goods. Typically, users contribute to the financing of care through the payment" corresponding to the unpaid portion of health insurance and which remains the responsibility of the patient. This financial participation of the user aims to the responsibility vis-à-vis its care expenses. The patient will mostly to advance health care costs and will be reimbursed later by the health insurance for the part she supports. Funding for the French health system is widely shared. [...]

[...] ) confirm that France has one of the most efficient health systems in the world. With the development of health insurance, the system is accessible to the entire population, thanks to the combination between the mandatory health insurance plans, supplemental plans and solidarity mechanisms such as universal health coverage (CMU) or Aid for the acquisition of supplementary health (ACS). However, this system has a cost: France devotes to total health spending approximately 12% of its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012, ranking it second in the world behind the United States. [...]

[...] How the French health system was built? What are the mechanisms? France, like other countries, has set up a health system. It can be defined, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) as "all organizations, institutions and resources whose purpose is to improve health ( . Health systems mainly perform four essential functions: service delivery, resource creation, financing and administration. " How the French health system was built? What are the mechanisms? I. History of the French health system To begin, in the Occident, the hospital organization actually emerged with the spread of Christianity. [...]