Long-time invisible, the role of informal carers in providing assistance to elderly patients losing their autonomy is gaining recognition. A policy in favour of carers coordinated with that aimed at the people being cared for is necessary, but it is struggling to establish itself in France. Some progress can however be seen with the French bill on adapting society to the ageing of the population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In France, the referring GP is responsible for coordination of the patient's care pathway, but GPs appear to have few resources to achieve this task A general practitioner support network (Arespa) was developed in the Franche-Comté region (Arespa)for complex patients.
Objective: To analyse the functioning and effects, of this network on the GP's practices.
Methods: Qualitative research.
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
August 2014
Background: Avoidable hospitalizations are used as a performance indicator of primary care in many countries. We investigate here the validity and usefulness of this measure both at a global scale and for the French healthcare system.
Methods: A scoping study was performed to take a critical look at this concept.