Publications by authors named "Marc-Antoine Sanchez"
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- The study examined changes in pay-for-performance (P4P) indicators through "Remuneration on Public Health Objectives" (ROSP) scores in the Grand Est region of France from 2017 to 2020, focusing on both rural (Aube) and urban areas.
- Results showed overall improvement in ROSP scores, with urban areas performing better in chronic disease management and prevention, while rural areas outperformed in efficiency.
- The investigation into sociodemographic factors in the rural area found no significant correlation with ROSP scores, except in cases of extreme rurality.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of military personnel, already facing psychological stress, leading to increased dispensing of psychotropic medications like anxiolytics, hypnotics, and antidepressants.
- A study analyzed data from the French military's health database, examining medication dispensed from January 2019 to April 2021, noting a higher rate of prescriptions during the pandemic compared to the year prior.
- Results showed a surge in drug utilization during the initial lockdown with a notable peak at its beginning, indicating a complex response to stressors associated with the pandemic.
Background: The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic confronted healthcare systems around the world with unprecedented organizational challenges, particularly regarding the availability of intensive care unit (ICU) beds. One strategy implemented in France to alleviate healthcare pressure during the first COVID-19 wave was inter-hospital transfers of selected ICU patients from overwhelmed areas towards less saturated ones. At the time, the impact of this transfer strategy on patient mortality was unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study presents the methods and results of the investigation into a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a professional community. Due to the limited testing capacity available in France at the time, we elaborated a testing strategy according to pre-test probability.
Methods: The investigation design combined active case finding and contact tracing around each confirmed case with testing of at-risk contact persons who had any evocative symptoms (n = 88).
Objective: We aimed to describe eating patterns among home-dwelling older subjects to establish typologies of eaters at higher or lower risk of malnutrition.
Design: Cross-sectional study between June and September 2015 using a standardised questionnaire. The questionnaire was given to home-help employees (responsible for delivering meals to home-dwelling older persons and helping them to eat).
In February 2016, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred in a French military unit located in Poitiers, France. Attack rate was of 34% (103/300). A case-control study identified association between illness and cake consumption.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuality improvement procedures and measuring the satisfaction of nursing home residents is a major priority. A study assessed the differences between the results of a survey conducted by internal staff and of one carried out by an external service provider to evaluate the satisfaction of the residents of a nursing home.
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