He won the best note in the national wellness ranking.
In several areas of France, access to care is very complicated. A third of the French population lives in a “medical desert” where there are few general practitioners, even fewer specialists. Result: the deadlines for an appointment explode and wait several months to see a dermatologist or an ophthalmologist has become common. More and more French people also have no attending physician and hospital emergencies are often saturated.
In several French departments, healing is therefore the obstacle course. This is particularly the case in Aisne, Eure-et-Loir or in Seine-Saint-Denis, reports a study on quality of life and access to care in mainland France conducted by the Zava medical teleconsultations service. In these areas, there are less than 20 general practitioners for 10,000 inhabitants. The medical meetings are rare, and certain health problems, sometimes serious, go under radars.
Unlike suffering territories, some departments are good students. This is the case of a department, not very populated, known for its large spaces, mountains and its pure air. It combines good points: very little pollution (the lowest pollution index in France), many green spaces, a dense network of cycle paths, numerous sports infrastructures … The inhabitants move more, go out more, live more in the open air and do more walks or bikes. But that’s not all. Access to care is also very good, with a high number of general practitioners (more than 50 per 10,000 inhabitants), nutrition specialists (4 per 10,000 inhabitants) and a number of hospitals per capita which crushes the national average (7 per 100,000 inhabitants against 4). This department, the Hautes-Alpes, even won the best note in the national wellness ranking, with an excellent score of 7.92 out of 10.
The Hautes-Alpes are a Provençal department that encompass cities like Briançon, Embrun or its Gap prefecture. They house 3 natural parks with rich fauna and unique biodiversity: Ecrins, Queyras and Provençal baronies.
