Claude Evin, Director General of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Ile-de-France announced this morning the first results of the Demomed study, a university study on the future of the supply of liberal primary care(general practitioners, pediatricians, gynecologists) in Paris. According to this analysis, he concludes that “within 2 to 5 years, 831 doctors will have to be replaced to compensate for the planned cessation of activity, ie 166 installations required per year. “
Carried out as part of their thesis by interns from three Parisian medical universities (Paris V, Paris VI and Paris VII), this study precisely analyzed the offer of liberal primary care (general practitioners, pediatricians, gynecologists) currently available in Paris, and has also evaluated its evolution at 2 and 5 years. According to the data currently available on this subject, certain districts of the city of Paris could become areas under-staffed in general practitioners, pediatricians, gynecologists.
Paris still preserved from a shortage of doctors
There are 11.2 doctors in Paris for 10,000 inhabitants against only 9.7 in the rest of France. If the capital seems preserved from a shortage of doctors, the study nevertheless reveals that “Paris loses more practitioners than it sees settling. Liberal general practitioners, in particular, have been declining since 2007, a decline also observed among gynecologists (- 16%) and pediatricians (- 4%) since 2011. “
An imbalance that persists between the western and eastern neighborhoods
In Paris, there is an inequality in the supply of liberal primary care. The western districts (7th, 16th) have 3 times more doctors than the northern and eastern districts. And the 8th arrondissement even has an 8 times higher medical occupancy rate. The density of doctors in this district is 31.3 practitioners per 10,000 inhabitants. The density of the 20th is 6.5.
“However, the first resort is the first link in the health journey. To preserve it, it is essential to rethink our organization, to build a new first resort in Paris ”affirms Claude Evin.