Certainly, the association puts forward models such as primary health care and at-home services so that people can stay in their homes. It's very good. I think that we should also consider offering incentives to encourage professionals to go and work in the rural areas or to stay there. Currently, about 10% of nurses work in rural areas, while 30% of the population live in rural areas
The World Health Organization made recommendations that dealt with four major sectors. In education, we are talking about study incentive programs to encourage people who live in rural areas and who are more likely to return there. We can also improve the working conditions and remove obstacles, among other things, to ensure that nurses can work in the full scope of their practice.
We could also use nurse practitioners to respond to some shortages within the professional team. We could also consider incentives to better support people who want to study health sciences as a nurse and better support them once they are on the labour market. Incentives could be offered to help them pay back the cost of studying, and so on. We could also look at providing support and a framework for professionals who work in rural regions.