Sante publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France)

OBJECTIVETo conduct a review of actions proposed by French health care providers to promote the installation of general practitioners. METHODDescriptive study among health actors in mainland France included website browsing, sending emails and phone calls with standardized questionnaire on the actions carried out to promote installation of general practitioners. RESULTS313 agencies were approached and 192 replied. 139 proposed at least one action grouped under 4 types: actions aimed at initial training, replacements, doctors with foreign diplomas or retired, communication with doctors or conditions of exercise. CONCLUSIONAn action list has been created allowing institutions to promote the installation of general practitioners in the territories, building on those already achieved elsewhere. The evaluation of these actions could be relevant in order to promote the most useful in terms of cost/benefit.