Cet article propose d’analyser des déterminants du renoncement aux soins pour raisons financières, puis d’étudier ses conséquences sur l’évolution de l’état de santé quatre ans plus tard à partir des données de l’Enquête santé protection sociale (ESPS). L’analyse des...

L’objectif de cette étude est d’analyser les déterminants du don de sang dans la population française en capacité de donner, âgée de 18 à 70 ans. La mise en œuvre d’un questionnaire spécifique dans l’enquête ESPS permet, pour la première fois en France, de croiser des aspects...

In France, private health insurance, that supplements public health insurance, is essential for access to health care. About 90% of the population is covered by a private contract and around half of them obtain their coverage through their employer. Considering the financial benefits associated...

From 1997 to 2001, the total payment to compensate for sickness and injury leaves increased dramatically in France. Since this change coincided with a decrease in unemployment rate,three hypothesizes should be proposed as possible explanations consistently with the literature: moral hazard...

Face aux nouveaux enjeux épidémiologiques (maladies chroniques), à l’exigence croissante en termes de qualité et d’efficience des soins ou encore les tensions de la démographie médicale, de nombreux auteurs plébiscitent un renforcement de la médecine de première ligne et des soins...

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This study aims to assess the efficacy and the cost of a French team work experiment between nurses and GPs for the managing of type 2 diabetes patients. Our study was based on a case control study design in which we compare the evolution of process (standard follow-up procedures) and final...

Industrialised countries face similar challenges for improving the performance of their health system. Nevertheless the nature and intensity of the reforms required are largely determined by each country's basic social security model. This paper looks at the main differences in performance of...

Within the framework of its activity-based payment system, introduced in 2005, the French government is now seeking to achieve price convergence between public and private hospitals. This paper questions the economic justification of this convergence by examining the literature on hospital costs...

We study the psychosocial determinants of self-assessed health in order to explain social inequalities in health in France. We use a unique general population survey to assess the respective impact on self-assessed health status of subjective perceptions of social capital, social support, and...