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National Study on the Characteristics of Migrants Seeking Care at Healthcare Access Clinics in France in 2016.
Health Care Access Centers (PASS) are primarily hospital-based facilities that provide medical and social care to patients in vulnerable situations, a significant portion of whom are...
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Violence, social vulnerability, and mental health issues among migrants and refugees.
Objectives: To measure and characterize three interrelated phenomena identified in the findings of the Committee for the Health of Exiles (Comede): violence experienced by exiles, their...
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Health Profile of Migrants in Precarious Situations in France: A Comparative Study of Migrants Treated at Médecins du Monde Clinics and Patients of Private General Practitioners, 2011–2012.
Introduction: The precarious living conditions of migrants and the difficulties they face in accessing healthcare in their host country make them particularly vulnerable in terms of...
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Editorial. Aging: From Normal to Pathological—Many Gray Areas.
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Estimates of disability-free life expectancy in France in 2015 and trends since 2004: the impact of the decline in life expectancy in 2015.
Introduction: In the context of an aging population, disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) is estimated to assess the quality of life within life expectancy (LE). This article reviews...
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Frailty and multimorbidity: Can large-scale French population surveys be used to produce these indicators? Analysis of data from the 2012 ESPS and the 2008 HSM.
Introduction: In France, epidemiological surveillance of frailty and multimorbidity is not yet operational. The main objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of using...
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Frailty and Medication Use in the Elderly Population.
Introduction: The term “frailty” is used in geriatrics to describe the clinical consequences of the decline in a multitude of physiological functions during aging; the cumulative effect...
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Residents admitted to nursing homes during the first quarter of 2013: conditions treated, treatments received, and hospitalizations in the following year.
Objectives: To characterize, based on healthcare utilization, the health status in 2013 of individuals in the year following admission to nursing homes for the elderly (Ehpad), as well...
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Editorial. Thyroid Cancer and Nuclear Accidents: Where Do We Stand 30 Years After Chernobyl and 5 Years After Fukushima?
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Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer 30 Years After the Chernobyl Accident: Incidence, Risk Factors, and the Impact of Diagnostic Practices.
Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, this article reviews the current epidemiological evidence regarding thyroid cancer. The incidence of this cancer has risen...
