Impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on psychotropic drug use in children and adolescents in France.

Background: In 2019, the world faced a pandemic brought about by a severe acute respiratory infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus. The spread of this virus has profoundly affected societies, particularly in terms of their economic, human and social dimensions, as well as their healthcare systems. Several restrictive measures (reduced social interaction, periodic school closures,…) had to be taken to contain the spread of the virus.

Disparities in access to health care in three French regions.

Objectives: This paper compares access to primary and specialty care in three metropolitan regions of France: Ile de France (IDF), Nord-Pas-de-Calais (NPC) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA); and identifies the factors that contribute to disparities in access to care within and among these regions.

Methods: To assess access to primary care, we compare variation among residence-based, age-adjusted hospital discharge rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ASC). To assess access on one dimension of specialty care, we compare residence-based, age-adjusted hospital discharge rates for revascularization - bypass surgery and angioplasty - among patients diagnosed with ischemic heart disease (IHD).

Management of lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia in real-life practice in france: a comprehensive population study.

Background: Male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are one of the most treated diseases, but little is known about patient trajectories in current clinical practice.

Objective: To describe the dynamic treatment patterns of LUTS presumably due to benign prostatic obstruction (BPO).

Design, Settings, And Participants: All prescriptions of α1-adrenergic receptor blocking agents (α1-blockers), 5α-reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs), and phytotherapy, and all surgeries related to BPO performed in France from 2004 to 2008 were identified using two distinct administrative claim databases maintained by the National Health Insurance system that covers the entire population.

[Could the number of brain-dead organ donors be increased in France].

While brain-dead organ donor rates per million populations are useful to follow and to compare organ donation activities, they cannot be used to estimate the potential of brain-dead organ donors. The comparison of available data from national vital statistics system, specific studies on potential of organ donation, and the hospital diagnosis related group (DRG) based information system allow to estimate the potential of brain-dead organ donors between 3500 and 4500. In 2007, 3147 potential donors were identified and 9691 patients still registered at the beginning of 2007 or registered during 2007 for a kidney transplant.

Inequalities in oral health for children with disabilities: a French national survey in special schools.

Background: Despite wide recognition that children with disability often have poor oral health, few high quality, controlled results are available.

Method: Twenty-four objective and subjective criteria covering feeding, autonomy, access to dental care, oral hygiene, oral disease, general health and behavior were evaluated in a observational cross-sectional study of 2,487 children with disability (DC group), 4,772 adolescents with disability (DA group) and 1,641 children without disability (NDC group). Five algorithms ranked the subjects according to clinical criteria in three original oral health indices: the Clinical Oral Health Index (COHI), indicating the level of oral health problems, the Clinical Oral Care Needs Index (COCNI) giving dental care need levels, and the Clinical Oral Prevention Index (COPI) determining possible needs in terms of dental education initiatives.