). Methods: Two HRQOL instruments were administered by telephone interviews to a sample of 253 IBS French patients recruited from … the general population. IBS was diagnosed according to the Manning, Rome I and Rome II criteria. Patients with organic …, the IBSQOL, were used. Results: Patients with IBS had statistically significant (P < 0.05) lower scores for all SF-36 QOL …

-HP (Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris), the French hospital network to which this body is attached. Methods: In 2002, a study … the significant impact of recommendations arising from a structure that is attached to a hospital network and the good …

and distributions of the cost and length of hospital stays. Using a sample of 5,681 stays observed in French public … and length of stays : (i) the effect of the adoption of new techniques by hospitals (between hospital diffusion) ; (ii …) the effect of the diffusion of technological progress within hospitals ; (iii) the effect of changes in patients …