LE FUNDING FOR ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: THE HEALTH LAW AND THE CHALLENGE OF PREVENTION

Abstract

In 2016, the law on the modernization of our healthcare system incorporated the prescription of adapted physical activity into French health legislation. Initially limited to patients suffering from a long-term condition, this measure was recently extended to other categories of patients. Although scientific studies are unambiguous about the benefits of such a measure, its regulatory complexity and lack of funding are obstacles to a measure that would nevertheless contribute to making health law more preventive than therapeutic.