Introduction - Since 2007, a new electronic death certification system has been available to physicians. This study represents the first epidemiological analysis of the data collected...

The Net Gay Barometer (NGB) is a periodic online survey, launched in 2004 and updated in 2009, conducted among men who have sex with men (MSM) recruited through French gay dating sites....

Introduction - The Mutualité sociale agricole (MSA) has implemented an oral health prevention program targeting specific at-risk populations and age groups. The initiative targeting...

Introduction - In July 2010, an outbreak of scabies affecting several summer camps at a campground in the Landes region was reported to health authorities. Investigations were conducted...

The surveillance system for notifiable diseases (NDs) is based on regulatory provisions. This article outlines the key features of the ND surveillance system, which was overhauled in...

Introduction. Regular surveillance conducted by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (INSEI) revealed an increase in mortality during the winter of 2011–2012. The...

Background. There is currently a push to move away from hospital-based end-of-life care, driven by the need to control healthcare costs and in line with the wishes and needs of the...

Objective. To study the medical and economic impact of osteoarticular infections (OAI) in adults in France. Methods. Hospital stays with an OAI code in their discharge summary were...

Introduction: The objective is to compare the quality of electronic death certificates with that of paper certificates using a methodology based on their intrinsic characteristics....