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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. The precarious living conditions of homeless people affect every aspect of their health.
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Estimated number of deaths among homeless people in France, 2008–2010.
Introduction: Although the number of homeless people in France increased by 50% between 2001 and 2012, few descriptive studies had been conducted on mortality within this population....
