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| | Ezra Klein: Health Care: France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | The state plans out hospitals, the allocation of specialized equipment, etc. Some of this is done at the regional level, a trend which seems to be increasing. |
 | | In addition, various hospitals offer varying levels of care, health costs are rising (again, not as much as here, but still significantly), and physicians often don't feel they're paid enough for their services, leading to a number of recent strikes. |
 | | In France, the comparable numbers are 2,588 years for the women and 5,610 for the men. |
| ezraklein.typepad.com /blog/2005/04/health_care_fra.html (5610 words) |
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