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“Map Reveals Disparities in General Practitioner Availability in Val-de-Marne, France’s First Medical Desert”

Which towns in Val-de-Marne have the highest density of general practitioners? (©Illustration / Adobe Stock)

France’s Island is the first medial desert of metropolitan France with more than 20,000 self-employed physicians listed throughout the region in 2022 for more than 12 million inhabitants. To attest to a rather disparate situation in the capital and in the inner suburbs, the Parisian urban planning workshop (APUR) unveiled a map in March 2023 which analyzes the supply of general medicine. Find out in detail the situation in the cities of Val de Marne.

The south of the department with more doctors

The map produced by APUR offers an analysis of the density of general medical procedures reimbursed and carried out by private practitioners or in health centers according to the number of inhabitants. It highlights a higher proportion of areas where the density of general medicine supply is characterized by weak in the south of Val-de-Marne.

The municipalities of Villeneuve-le-Roi, Villeneuve-Saint-George, Limeil-Brevannes, Choisy-le-Roibut also Villecresnes, Mandres-les-Roses et Savigny seem, according to APUR, to be particularly affected by the lack of general practitioners. In the north of the department, Houses-Alfort et Creteil are also affected by a lack of doctors.

For more details, click on the map.

In which cities of the Val-de-Marne is the largest proportion of general practitioners?
In which cities of the Val-de-Marne is the largest proportion of general practitioners? (©APUR)

If in certain municipalities, such as Villejuif, Ivry-sur-Seine or Vitry-sur-Seinethe situation is disparate and presents both areas considered high and others low, the cities that seem to suffer the least from the lack of practitioners are Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, Sucy-en-Brie et Savigny sur Marne.

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