Health Address Book in France

Where to Get Health Information in France....

 (Health Economics, French Health Care System, Public Health...)

August 2022

Irdes Information Centre

This directory is not an exhaustive address list.

We selected the principal institutions or organizations which provide information to the public on the French health care system and health issues in France.

The names of the institutions are translated by our own services and should not be taken as “official” translation.

We provide brief information on their missions and their productions of interest for those who work in health area.

For a better understanding of the actors and institutions of the French healthcare system, you can also refer to the following publications:

OCDE (2021). France: Country Health Profile 2021

Luxembourg : Office des publications de l'Union européenne

https://www.oecd.org/health/france-country-health-profile-2021-7d668926-en.htm

Cleiss (2021). The French health care system

https://www.cleiss.fr/particuliers/venir/soins/ue/systeme-de-sante-en-france_en.html

Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profile : France

https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/monitors/health-systems-monitor/countries-hspm/hspm/france-2015

Any and all reproduction is prohibited but direct link to the document is accepted:

Contents

Department of Health and social affairs. 4

Health Insurance. 6

Health Care Professionals. 10

Hospital sector. 17

Pharmaceutical drugs, the pharmaceutical industry, medical devices, biotechnologies. 21

Mortality, Causes of Death, Demography. 26

Public Health, Morbidity. 28

Health Education. 32

Health Economics. 33

Working Conditions, Occupational Safety. 37

The Elderly. 39

The Disabled. 41

General statistics on France and on the French (demography, employment ) 44

Living standards, economic and social situation. 45

Laws, legislation. 47

Department of Health and social affairs

►Documentation Centre

Ministère de la Santé

CRDM (Centre de Ressources Documentaires Multimédias)

14 avenue Duquesne
75 350 Paris 07 SP

Tel : 01 40 56 48 89

Email : crdm-accueil@sante.gouv.fr

http://social-sante.gouv.fr/ministere/documentation-et-publications-officielles/ressources-documentaires/

Bibliographic database « RESSAC » : http://ressac.sante.gouv.fr (currently not available)

Field : The CRDM provides information coming from the different Ministries in charge of health, labour and social affairs (public health, social questions, social security, employment, work and professional training). The centre archives documents collected by those ministries since XIXth century. It is opened to public.

►Department of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

Ministères chargés de la santé et des Affaires Sociales

DREES (Direction de la Recherche des Etudes de l’Evaluation et des Statistiques)

11, Place des 5 Martyrs du Lycée Buffon

75696 Paris Cedex 14

Tél : 01 40 56 66 00

https://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/

This department collects and disseminates many statistics, but its missions also include research and evaluation.

Produces: It conducts surveys; it collects statistics on many aspects of the French health care system. Most of their analysis and publications are available online.

►General Health Directorate

Ministère de la Santé

DGS (Direction Générale de la Santé)

Service Documentation

14, av. Duquesne

75350 Paris 07 SP

Tél: 01 40 56 60 60

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/ministere/organisation/organisation-des-directions-et-services/article/organisation-de-la-direction-generale-de-la-sante-dgs

Mission: This directorate has the mission of developing and implementing public health policy.

Field: public health, prevention, health safety, quality of health care.

►Department of Health Care Delivery

Ministère de la Santé

DGOS (Direction Générale de l’Offre de Soins)

14, av. Duquesne

75350 Paris 07 SP

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/ministere/organisation/organisation-des-directions-et-services/article/organisation-de-la-direction-generale-de-l-offre-de-soins-dgos

Mission: Development of organisational policy for health care delivery given the goals and priorities in public health.

Field: organisation of healthcare delivery, planning health care professionals, hospital regulation and control, rules concerning health establishments

Produces: Hospital data, information on hospital policy or regulation. Statistics are now mostly published by DREES (see below)

►Department of Social Security

Ministères de la santé et des affaires sociales

DSS (Direction de la Sécurité Sociale)

8, av. de Ségur

75350 Paris 07 SP

Tél : 01 40 56 60 00

https://www.securite-sociale.fr/la-secu-cest-quoi/la-direction-de-la-securite-sociale/presentation

Mission: Development and implementation of social security policy

Produces: Social security accounts

►Department of European and International Affairs

Ministère de la Santé

MAEI – Mission des Affaires Européennes et Internationales

Adresse postale: 14 avenue Duquesne 75350 Paris 07 SP

Tél: 01 40 56 73 81

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/ministere/organisation/organisation-des-directions-et-services/article/organisation-de-la-delegation-aux-affaires-europeennes-et-internationales-daei

Field: The Health Ministry and globalization, the Health Ministry, and the European Union

►Department of Research process, Studies and Statistics (Ministry of Labour)

Ministère du travail

DARES

Direction de l’Animation de la Recherche, des Etudes et des Statistiques

39-43, quai André Citroën

75902 Paris cedex 15

Email : Dares.communication@dares.travail.gouv.fr

https://dares.travail-emploi.gouv.fr/dares-etudes-et-statistiques/

Produces: Information and statistics on labour and labour conditions

Health Insurance

The statutory health insurance funds :

►CNAM- The National Sickness Fund for the Salaried Workers

Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie

50, av. du Professeur André Lemierre

75986 Paris cedex 20

Tel documentation : 01 72 60 10 20

email : documentation@cnamts.fr

https://www.ameli.fr (health insurance on line)

https://www.ameli.fr/index.php/assure/english-pages

This sickness fund is the biggest one in France. It covers about 84% of French population.

Produces: Data on health professionals, health insurance, reimbursement rates (fee-for-service system), health consumption and expenditures of health reimbursements to the insured.

►Social security Fund for Self-employed Worker

Sécurité sociale des  Indépendants

https://www.secu-independants.fr

Covers about 5% of French population. Since January 2018, the social protection of the self-employed - formerly managed by the Social Plan for the Independents (RSI) - is entrusted to the general social security system.

Produces: information on the health and prevention programs. Produces studies on risk management and prevention.

►MSA : The National Sickness Fund for the farmers and agricultural workers

MSA - Caisse Centrale de Mutualité Sociale Agricole

19 rue de Paris

CS 50070
93013 Bobigny Cedex

https://www.msa.fr/lfy

https://statistiques.msa.fr/

MSA covers about 5% of French population.

Produces: Information on the compensation scheme, on prescriptions, on the health care coverage, studies on health and security at the workplace.

Other organisations:

►France Stratégie

Strategic Analysis Center

France Stratégie

20, avenue de Ségur

75007 Paris

Tel : 01 42 75 80 00

https://www.strategie.gouv.fr

https://www.strategie.gouv.fr/english-articles

Mission: France Stratégie mission is to advise the Government on economic, social, environmental and technologic policy issues

Produces: reports on social policy, social protection, social assistance, health

►CTIP : Technical centre for provident institutions

CTIP - Centre Technique des Institutions de Prévoyance

10, rue Cambacérès

75008 Paris

Tel : 01 42 66 68 49

https://www.ctip.asso.fr

“Provident institutions” are complementary health care institutions. They are available in company and professional branches to covers employees against different risks. They are jointly run by unions of employees and employers. They count highly in supplemental health coverage in France.

Produces : Information on these institutions in France and on the complementary health care coverage sector, results of « barometers » for awareness, satisfaction and employee attitudes, and also for employers’ expectations from these programs.

►EN3S : National Higher Education School for Social Security

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Sécurité Sociale

Library

27, rue des Drs Charcot

42031 St Etienne Cedex 2

Tel : 04 77 81 15 15

https://en3s.fr/

Library portal : https://en3s.fr/secudoc/

Mission: EN3S recruits students who will work in social security administrations. It also trains managers for Social security programs.

Produces: Student thesis on health insurance.

►HCAAM : High Council for the Future of Health Insurance

Haut Conseil pour l’Avenir de l’Assurance Maladie

Ministère chargé de la Santé

Direction de la Sécurité Sociale

14, av. Duquesne

75350 Paris 07 SP

Tel : 01 40 56 56 00

https://www.securite-sociale.fr/hcaam

Mission: Hcaam is a think tank which evaluates the health insurance system and its evolutions.

Produces: Reports on major reforms and reform proposals concerning health care funding and health insurance

►IRDES : Institute for research and information in health economics

IRDES - Institut de Recherche et Documentation  en Economie de la Santé

117 bis rue Manin

75019 Paris

Tel : 01 53 93 43 00/51

Email : contact@irdes.fr

https://www.irdes.fr

English pages : https://www.irdes.fr/english/home.html

Produces in health insurance topic: Data and regular analysis of the relationships between supplementary health insurance and healthcare consumption, health status, sociodemographic factors, socioeconomic factors etc...

►French Insurance Federation

France assureurs

CDIA (Centre de Documentation et d’Information de l’Assurance)

Information services

26, Bd Haussmann

75311 Paris Cedex 09

Tél : 01 42 46 90 00

https://www.franceassureurs.fr/france-assureurs-version-anglaise/ (under development)

FFA is a federation of private insurance companies which participate in healthcare coverage in France.

Produces: Information on the private insurance market, on insurance contracts (health insurance but also property and casualty insurance, life insurance...)...

►FNMF : National federation of mutual insurance associations

FNMF -Fédération Nationale des Mutuelles de France

Service Etudes, organisation, édition

255, rue de Vaugirard

75719 Paris Cedex 15

Tel : 01 40 43 63 00

https://www.mutualite.fr/

FNMF is a federation of complementary non-profit health insurance organizations participating in health care coverage in France.

Produces : Information on non-profit complementary coverage market, directory of regional complementary health care centres, publications…

►Ministry in charge of health

DREES : Department of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

Ministère de la santé

DREES (Direction de la Recherche des Etudes de l’Evaluation et des Statistiques)

Centre de documentation interdirection

11, Place des 5 Martyrs du Lycée Buffon

75696 Paris cedex 14

Tél : 01 40 56 66 00

https://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/

Produces on health insurance topic: National social protection accounts ; National health accounts ; surveys, data and analysis on social protection, social security and health insurance benefits, supplementary health insurance...

►Social Security portal

Portail du service public de sécurité sociale

            https://www.securite-sociale.fr

Produces: in English : key French social security figures, the French social protection system, the directorate of social security, Quality and efficiency programs

►UNOCAM : National Union of Supplementary Health Insurance Institutions

UNOCAM -Union Nationale des Organismes d’Assurance Maladie Complémentaire

https://www.unocam.fr

Mission: to represent the three main schemes of complementary health insurance (private, non-profit, providence) and to participate in health insurance management

On health insurance reform see also :

https://www.irdes.fr/documentation/syntheses/plans-de-reforme-de-l-assurance-maladie-en-france.pdf

Health Care Professionals

Main statistical resources :

►CNAM : The National Sickness Fund

CNAM - Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie

Service Documentation

50, av. du Professeur André Lemierre

75986 Paris cedex 20

https://www.ameli.fr (assurance maladie en ligne)

This sickness fund is the biggest one in France. It covers about 84% of French population

Produces on health care professionals’ topics: data on private practice physicians or ancillary professionals: activity, demography, remuneration; nomenclature of medical and biological procedures, list of reimbursable drugs and medical devices 

►CNOM : French National Medical Association

CNOM -Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins

Service Documentation

4 Rue Léon Jost

Paris Cedex 17

Tél : 01 53 89 32 00

Email : conseil-national@cn.medecin.fr

https://www.conseil-national.medecin.fr/

Mission: There are currently four Associations concerning the following healthcare professionals: doctors, dentists, midwives, and pharmacists. The creation of a new French Medical Association for certain paramedical professions is currently being studied.

The mission of the French Medical Association is to ensure that medical ethics are respected. It draws up and keeps up to date the list of doctors authorised to practise; it is charged with recognising the qualifications of doctors; it examines medical agreements.

Produces: Data on demographic characteristics, medical qualifications, and the recommendations on the evolution of medical practice.

►Ministries in charge of health and social affairs

DREES : Department of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

Ministères chargés de la santé et des affaires sociales

DREES (Direction de la Recherche des Etudes de l’Evaluation et des Statistiques)

Centre de documentation interdirection

11, Place des 5 Martyrs du Lycée Buffon

75696 Paris cedex14

Tél : 01 40 56 66 00

https://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/

Produces: Data on demography and income of private and salaried health professionals.

►INSEE : National Institute for Statistics and Economics Studies (official translation)

Library

88 avenue Verdier

92120 Montrouge

Email : bibliotheque-alain-desrosieres@insee.fr

Library Portal : http://bibliotheque.insee.net/

English pages : https://www.insee.fr/en/accueil

Produces on health care professionals topic: INSEE used to publish data on the income of health professionals in an annual issue on income of self-employed of “Synthèses”. Since 2004, data on physician remuneration is published by DREES (see above).

►ONDPS : French National Observatory on the Demography of Health Professions

ONDPS -Observatoire National de la Démographie des Professions de Santé

Adresse postale : DREES, Ministère de la Santé et des Solidarités

Pièce 6438

14, avenue Duquesne

75350 Paris 07 SP

Email : drees-ondps@sante.gouv.fr

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/ministere/acteurs/instances-rattachees/article/ondps-observatoire-national-de-la-demographie-des-professions-de-sante

Mission: ONDPS gathers data and analysis and diffuse facts relative to health care professionals demography.  It also provides methodological help in regional and local studies, and promotes initiatives and studies that improve knowledge of medical practice conditions and their evolution.

Produces : reports on health care professionals demography.

►UNPS : National Federation of Health Professions

UNPS -Union Nationale des Professionnels de Santé

Mission: Unps represents all of the health care professionals (physicians, physiotherapists, nurses, nurses aides…). It gives its opinion on Uncam’s proposals concerning health care reimbursements (except for drugs), it coordinates an annual programme between Uncam and Unocam, it negotiates along with Uncam interprofessional agreements.

►Les UPML ou URML : Régional Unions of Self-Employed Doctors

Union Professionnelle des Médecins Libéraux (ou Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux)

Produces : Publishing regional studies relative to medical practice, medical demography, health care networks, coverage of specific health problems.

Some medical unions :

►CSMF : French Confederation of Medical Unions

CSMF -Confédération des Syndicats Médicaux Français

79, rue de Tocqueville

75017 Paris

Tel : 01 43 18 88 00

Email : csmf@csmf.org

https://www.csmf.org

Mission: The CSMF is one of the unions representing self-employed physicians at the national level. It is composed of two branches : UNOF (general practitioner branch) and UMESPE (specialist branch).

►FMF : French Federation of Physicians

FMF - Fédération des Médecins de France

10 boulevard des frères Vigouroux

 92140 Clamart
Email : contact@fmpro.org

https://www.fmfpro.org/

Mission: The CSMF is one of the unions representing self-employed physicians at the national level. Only specialists are represented.

►MG France : French Federation of General Practitioners

MG France - Fédération française des médecins généralistes

13 rue Fernand Léger

75020 Paris

Tel : 01 43 13 13 13

Email : service@mgfrance.fr

 https://www.mgfrance.org/

Mission: The CSMF is one of the unions representing self-employed physicians at the national level. Only GP are represented.

►SML : Private physicians Union

Immeuble Point Sud

40 rue Gabriel Crié

92240 Malakoff

Tél : 01 84 79 05 50

Email : lesml@lesml.org

https://www.lesml.org/

Mission: The SML is one of the unions representing self-employed physicians at the national level. Only specialists are represented.

Some health professions unions and ethical associations :

►Dental Surgeons of France

CND - Chirurgiens-Dentistes de France (Les)

54 rue Ampère

75849 Paris cedex 17

https://lescdf.fr/

Mission: The National Confederation of Dental Unions is a professional trade union bringing together 100 departmental unions that represent almost half of dentists practising in France.

Produces: news, activity, up-to-date information on practice guidelines for dentistry.

►Convergence Infirmière : Confederation of National French Unions of Private Nurses

Convergence Infirmière -Confédération des syndicats nationaux d'infirmiers libéraux français

149 Av. du Golf

34670 Baillargues

https://convergenceinfirmiere.com/

Mission: This confederation combines three unions of nurses in private practice. It became representative of the profession in 2002 and it now participates in the evolution of the profession after signing agreement with Cnam

►FFMKR : French Federation of Physiotherapists

FFMKR - Fédération Française des Masseurs Kinésithérapeutes Rééducateurs

3 rue Lespagnol

75020 Paris

https://www.ffmkr.org/

Mission : FFMKR is a trade union representing the profession before the public authorities

Produces: Information on the profession for the general public and practitioners.

►FNI : National Federation of Nurses

FNI - Fédération nationale des Infirmiers et Infirmières

7 rue Godot de Mauroy

75009 Paris

https://www.fni.fr

Mission: FNI is an representative union of private nurses.

Produces: Information on developments in contracts with health insurance scheme, on nomenclature for nursing procedures, and about creating private practices.

►FNMR : National Federation of Radiologist physicians

FNMR - Fédération Nationale des Médecins Radiologues

168 A, rue de Grenelle

75007 Paris

https://www.fnmr.org/

Mission: FNMR is a trade union which represents 70% of union-member radiologists

Produces: news, activity, demography concerning radiologists.

►ONCD : National Association of Dental Surgeons

ONCD - Ordre National des Chirurgiens-dentistes

BP 2016

22, rue Emile-Meunier

75761 Paris cedex 16

Tel: 01 44 34 78 80

Email: courrier@ondc.org

https://www.ordre-chirurgiens-dentistes.fr/

Mission: There are currently four Associations concerning the following healthcare professions: doctors, dentists, midwives and pharmacists. The ONCD oversees the respect of medical ethics and groups together all dentists practising dental surgery in France, regardless of their practice status.

Produces: Organisation of study curriculum, ethics, specialisation, professional activity, news, provision for disadvantages people to receive dental care...

►ONSF : National Association of Midwives

ONSF - Ordre National des Sages-Femmes

168, rue de Grenelle

75007 Paris

Tel : 01 45 51 82 50

Email : contact@ordre-sages-femmes.fr

https://www.ordre-sages-femmes.fr/

Mission: There are currently four Associations concerning the following healthcare professions: doctors, dentists, midwives and pharmacists. The National Association of Midwives is a compulsory body that groups together all authorised midwives, regardless of their practice status. Its role is to oversee the rules contained in the code of ethics and to maintain and update the list of midwives authorised to practise. It also fulfils a jurisdictional mission.

Produces: Information on the midwife profession, skills, ethics, training, current updates

►SNMKR : National Union of Physiotherapists

SNMKR - Syndicat National des Masseurs Kinésithérapeutes Rééducateurs

15, rue de l’Epée de Bois

75005 Paris

https://www.snmkr.fr

Mission: SNMKR is a trade union which represents the physiotherapists

Produces: updates about the profession, observations on use of clinical biology

►Syndicat des Biologistes : Biologists' Union

Syndicat des Biologistes

11, rue de Fleurus

75006 Paris

Tel: 01 53 63 85 00

https://www.sdbio.eu/

Mission: The “Syndicat des Biologistes” is trade union which represents the biologists before the public authorities

Produces: Updates about the profession, observation of the consumption of clinical biology (biology observatory)

►UJCD – Union Dentaire : Young  Dental Surgeons’Union - Dental union

UJCD – Union Dentaire - Union des Jeunes Chirurgiens-Dentistes – Union Dentaire

14, rue Etex

75018 Paris

https://www.union-dentaire.com/

Mission: UJCD is a union and represents dental surgeons since 1996.

Produces: news about the profession, contracts, professional and union activities

Medical research associations :

►National Academy of Medicine (official translation)

Académie nationale de médecine

16, rue Bonaparte

75272 Paris cedex 06

Tel : 01 42 34 57 71

http://www.academie-medecine.fr/

Mission: The national Academy of Medicine has been assigned two main missions: answer, at the request of the French Authorities, to all demands of information in the fields of public Health and bring contribution to the improvement and expansion of all medical sciences.

Produces: Ideas, opinions and publications on medical sciences and public health.

►ADF : French Dental Association (official translation)

ADF - Association Dentaire de France

22 avenue de la Grande Armée

75017 Paris

Tél : 01 58 22 17 10

Mission: The ADF is a federation of 24 professional associations. It provides dentists with a wide range of services and also represents the French dental profession on an international level.

Produces: continuing professional education, publications, product certification, arbitration committee, news on dental professions and on new developments in dentistry, odontology research (IFRO), information for the dental profession, the public, and the press.

►ARSI : Nursing Research Association

ARSI - Association de Recherches en Soins Infirmiers

BP 65054

31033 Toulouse Cedex 5

Email : secretariat@asso-arsi.fr

https://www.asso-arsi.fr/

Mission: ARSI is a research association

Produces: Online articles from the magazine « recherche en soins infirmiers » (Subheading « Banque de données RSI », files, further training)

►SFMG : French Society of General Medicine

SFMG -Société Française de Médecine Générale

141 av. de Verdun

92130 Issy-Les-Moulineaux

Tel: 01 41 90 98 20

http://www.sfmg.org

http://omg.sfmg.org (observatory of medical practice)

Mission: SFMG is a society which promotes general medicine through the development of research

Produces: publication of research into general medicine, observation of general practitioners’ daily practices, common pathologies observed in general medical practice

Medicine and healthcare periodicals :

►BIU Santé : Medical schools library

BIU Santé -Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Médecine

Pôle Médecine - Odontologie

12 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine

75270 Paris cedex 06

Tel : 01 40 46 19 51

https://u-paris.fr/bibliotheques/biu-sante-medecine/

Document supply service : https://u-paris.fr/bibliotheques/fourniture-reproduction-numerisation/

Mission: BIU Santé is the library of medical schools.

Produces: The BIU Santé has an important library collection on medicine, the history of medicine and the history of dentistry for students and healthcare professionals. Catalogues of the BI sante collections, on-line resources, directory of French medical libraries, free question / answer service, provision of documents and reproductions

►BIU Santé - Pôle pharmacie-Biologie

4 rue de l'Observatoire

75270 Paris cedex 06

Tel : 01 53 73 95 23

https://u-paris.fr/bibliotheques/biu-sante-pharmacie/

►SUDOC : The French academic librairies system of information

SUDOC -Système universitaire de documentation

http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/LNG=EN/

The Sudoc catalog lets you search bibliographic information on all types of documents held by French academic libraries, as well as other higher educational establishments, and on serials to be found in 2400 documentation institutions. You can obtain detailed holding information information there, too. The "Repertoire des centres de ressources" lets you access all kinds of useful information about participating libraries.

Hospital sector

►AP - HP : Public Hospitals of Paris

AP – HP - Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Hôpital Bicêtre

Bâtiment Mathieu-Jaboulay

Secteur orange – Porte 36

78, rue du Général Leclerc

94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre

Tél : 01 40 27 50 77

Email : archives.ap-hp@sap.aphp.fr

https://archives.aphp.fr/

AP – HP is the biggest public group hospital in the Paris area

Field: Archives de l’AP – HP

►AP - HP : Public Hospitals of Paris

School of hospital managers

AP – HP -Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Ecole des Cadres Hospitaliers

Centre de Documentation

33 bd de Picpus

75012 Paris

Tél : 01 86 69 22 12

Email : centre.doc.dfc@aphp.fr
https://documentation.aphp.fr/

AP – HP is the biggest public group hospital in the Paris area

Field: Hospital management, hospital sector

►ARS: Regional health agency

ARS- Agence régionale de santé

ARS’s portal

https://www.ars.sante.fr/

Mission : the ARS have replaced Regional Hospital Agencies (AHS) from 2010 onwards. The ARS are governing bodies responsible for managing the healthcare system in the regions

►ATIH : Technical Agency for Information on Hospitalisation

ATIH -Agence Technique de l’Information sur l’Hospitalisation

Head office

65, Bd Marius Vivier Merle

69482 Lyon Cedex 03

https://www.atih.sante.fr/

https://www.scansante.fr/

Mission: this agency takes responsibility for measures working towards the implementation and accessibility to third parties of the joint State-Health insurance information system contributes to work relating to health nomenclatures. It manages the information systematically collected from all hospital admissions and used for hospital planning and financing

Produces: general and technical information on the PMSI (Information systems medicalisation programme), information on the health nomenclatures used in hospital (Cdam, Ccam, Cim, etc.),  cost scales and activity-based pricing, statistics drawn from the PMSI.

►EHESP : National School of Public Health

EHESP - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique

Service de documentation

Av. du Pr Léon Bernard

35043 Rennes Cedex

Tel : 02 99 02 29 00

https://www.ehesp.fr

Documentary resources: https://documentation.ehesp.fr/

Mission: This school provides post-graduate training for healthcare managers from hospitals or healthcare or social establishments.

Produces: On line, students’ dissertations written since 1999, and the collections database

►FEHAP : Federation of Non Profit Private Hospitals

FEHAP - Fédération des Etablissements d’Hospitalisation et d’Assistance Privée à but non lucratif

Service de documentation

179, rue de Lourmel

75015 Paris

https://www.fehap.fr

Mission: FEHAP represents the private non-profit sector of hospitals and social institutions.

Produces: Updates about the sector, observatory of the sector, files

►FHF : Hospital Federation of France (Official translation)

FHF - Fédération Hospitalière de France

1 bis rue Cabanis

75014 Paris

https://www.fhf.fr

Mission: FHF represents public hospitals

Produces: Updates about public hospitals, history, key figures, bibliography, publications, directory and statistics of establishments and services (https://etablissements.fhf.fr/annuaire/resultat.php)

►  FHP : Private Hospitals Federation

FHP - Fédération Hospitalière Privée

Service communication

106 rue d’Amsterdam

75009 Paris

https://www.fhp.fr/

See also Baqimeph, which is the merge of Adimehp and Baqhp (Bureau d’Assurance Qualité et de l’ Information Médico-Economique de l’Hospitalisation Privée) : https://www.baqimehp.com

Mission: FHP is the result of the merge of two private hospitals unions, FIEHP and UHP. It represents the private for-profit hospitals. Adimehp provides economic and medical statistics on hospitalisations in private hospitals from the French hospital information system called PMSI.

Produces: key figures on private for-profit hospitals

►FNEHAD : National Federation of Home Health Care Services

FNEHAD - Fédération Nationale des Établissements d’Hospitalisation à Domicile

14 rue des Reculettes
75013 Paris

Email : contact@fnehad.fr

https://www.fnehad.fr/

Mission: FNEHAD federates and represents home health care structures (HAD - hospitalisation à domicile). Its aims: promoting home healthcare structures, helping structures to develop, providing its support to hospital policies

Produces: brief description of the sector (history, legal framework, number of structures), directory of members, publications

►Hospices Civils de Lyon : The public hospitals of Lyon

Hospices civils de  Lyon

Documentation centrale

3-5 av. Esquirol

69003 Lyon

https://documentation.chu-lyon.fr/

HCL, one of the biggest public hospital groups, offers a documentation centre to the public which provides information on hospital organisation.

►IRDES : Institute for research and information in health economics (official translation)

IRDES Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé

117 bis rue Manin

75019 Paris

Tel : 01 53 93 43 00/51

Email : contact@irdes.fr

https://www.irdes.fr

English pages : https://www.irdes.fr/english/home.html

Produces on hospital: Statistics on patients, length of stay, medical consumption, morbidity, and in-hospital surgery, national survey on home health care, development of ambulatory surgery,relationship between volume of activity and quality of care…

►Ministry in charge of health

DGOS : Department of Health Delivery

Ministère de la santé

DGOS (Direction Générale de l’Offre de Soins)

Service Documentation

14 av. Duquesne

75350 Paris 07 SP

Tél : 01 40 56 60 60

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/ministere/organisation/organisation-des-directions-et-services/article/organisation-de-la-direction-generale-de-l-offre-de-soins-dgos

►ARS : Regional Health Agencies

Les ARS - Agence Régionale de Santé

ARS’ portal

https://www.ars.sante.fr/

Mission : Created by a law passed in 2009 (Act reforming hospitals and relative to patients, health and territories), the Regional Health Agencies are grouping together, under a single authority, prevention services, all aspects of care services (hospital and outpatient care) and the management of health crises.

The regional Health Agency takes over the missions and powers from the regional Hospitals Agencies (ARH) and the regional Union of Health Insurance Funds (URCAM)

Produces available on the gateway: national information on ARS and their functioning. All the ARS have also their own website where it is possible to find more detailed information about the ARS policy in the region

Pharmaceutical drugs, the pharmaceutical industry, medical devices, biotechnologies

Produces: Statistics on self-medication or over-the-counter drugs

►ANSM : The French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety  (official translation)

ANSM - Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé

Unité de Documentation

143-147, Bd Anatole France

93285 St Denis cedex

https://www.ansm.sante.fr/

Mission: The ANSM conducts expert assessment of healthcare products and acts as a decision-making body in the field of sanitary regulation. Every year, its Director General takes tens of thousands of decisions on behalf of the State. Their aim is to reconcile patient safety with access to therapeutic developments.

Produces: information on health safety and drug monitoring, recommendations in terms of the prescription of certain drugs, catalogues (pharmaceutical products, generic drugs, medical devices, pharmaceutical establishments), information on the medical service provided by drugs, reports on consumption, the prescription and sale of drugs

►AP - HP : Public Hospitals of Paris

Medical and pharmaceutical information centre

AP – HP - Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

AGEPS (Agence Générale des Equipements et Produits de Santé)

Centre de documentation médico-pharmaceutique

7, rue du Fer à Moulin

75005 Paris

https://ageps.aphp.fr/

AP – HP is the biggest hospital groups in the Paris area

Field: Scientific information on drugs, hospital drugs

►BIU Health – Pharmaceutical section

Section pharmacie

4, av. de l’Observatoire

75270 Paris cedex 6

Tel : 01 53 73 95 22/23

https://u-paris.fr/bibliotheques/biu-sante-pharmacie/

BI is an inter-university pharmaceutical library

Field: History of pharmaceutical sciences, ancient books, theses, laboratory publications, works, periodicals

►CEPS : Economic Committee of Health Products (official translation)

CEPS - Comité Economique des Produits de Santé

14 av. Duquesne

75350 Paris SP

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/ministere/acteurs/instances-rattachees/article/ceps-comite-economique-des-produits-de-sante

Mission: A player in drugs policy, the CEPS is most particularly involved in setting the price of drugs, monitoring expenses and the financial regulation of the market. It also puts forward the pricing for reimbursement, in accordance with ministerial directions. It may conclude agreements with healthcare professionals and the pharmaceutical industry (manufacturers and distributors) to negotiate the price of products, their evolution, discounts, commitments from companies regarding proper use, sales volumes and the participation of companies in drugs policy.

Produces: Annual activity report containing information on the setting of prices for drugs (submitted files, processing of requests, price negotiations), on the regulation of the drugs market, and on the drug and medical devices market, and framework agreements; practical guides (English version) for entering products with a view to setting or revising the price of a product; pricing revision clauses, etc.

►CNAM : The National Sickness Fund

CNAM - Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie

Service Documentation

50, av. du Professeur André Lemierre

75986 Paris cedex 20

Tel documentation : 01 72 60 10 20

https://www.ameli.fr/assure/english-pages

This sickness fund is the biggest one in France. It covers about 84% of French population.

Produces on drugs: Data on drug reimbursement expenditures, medical practice guidelines (RMO), reimbursement rates for drugs, prescription of drugs, generics, pharmacists’ demography and activity

►HAS : National Autority for Health (official translation)

Has -Haute Autorité de santé

Service Documentation

5, avenue du Stade de France

93218 Saint-Denis La Plaine Cedex

Tél : 01 55 93 70 00

Email : contact.web@has-sante.fr (webmaster)

Email : contact.presse@has-sante.fr (contact presse)

https://www.has-sante.fr/jcms/c_415964/en/ovesrview-of-has

For the previous « The Transparency committee : Commission de la Transparence

5, avenue du Stade de France

93218 Saint-Denis La Plaine Cedex

Creation: HAs is a new actor in the new system of governance for the healthcare system, created by the law of 12 August 2004 reforming health insurance.

Mission: Periodical evaluation of the service expected from products, procedures or healthcare provisions and of the service that they actually provide; Drawing up of recommendations concerning the definition and handling of Long-term illnesses (ALD); Drawing up of good practice reference documents; information for healthcare professionals and the public and certification of the quality of information (sites, software, etc.); Drawing up and implementation of professional practice evaluation procedures (EPP); Accreditation of public or private healthcare establishments, healthcare networks and healthcare facilities.

Produces: Diffusion via its website of information on health safety and drug monitoring (quality control, interactions), on clinical trials and temporary authorisations for use, on advertising and the pharmacopoeia,  good practice recommendations, public evaluation reports, reports on drug utilization, prescription, sales of drugs, retrocession, catalogues (pharmaceutical products, generic drugs, medical devices and pharmaceutical establishments). Certain documents are translated into English.

Transparency Committee Site: opinion on the medical service provided by drugs, transparency files, 

CNEDIMTS Site: opinion on the reimbursement of health products

►IRDES : Institute for research and information in health economics

IRDES -Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé

117 bis rue Manin

75019 Paris

Tel : 01 53 93 43 00/51

Email : contact@irdes.fr

https://www.irdes.fr

English pages : https://www.irdes.fr/english/home.html

Produces on drugs: Regular drug consumption data and analyses based on sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors and on therapeutic classes, data on drug prescriptions related to patients' or physicians' characteristics, information on therapeutic classes prescribed, analyse of the variations of prescriptions, dissemination of innovation…

►LEEM  : Pharmaceutical industries

LEEM -Les Entreprises du Médicaments

Entrée Cap Etoile

58 Boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr

75017 Paris

https://www.leem.org

Mission: LEEM is the pharmaceutical industry representative

Produces: Information and data on drugs and their environment: Drug market, pharmaceutical industry, drug prices, drug consumption, pharmaceutical research,...

► Ministry of Economics and Industry

Ministère de l’Economie et de l’Industrie

Service des Etudes et des Statistiques Industrielles

67 Rue Barbès

94200 Ivry sur Seine

Documentation : https://www.economie.gouv.fr/cedef

Mission : statistical department of this ministry.

Produces in the pharmaceutical field: Data on drug production...

►Ministry in charge of health

DREES : Department of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

Ministères chargés de la santé et des affaires sociales

DREES (Direction de la Recherche des Etudes de l’Evaluation et des Statistiques)

Centre de documentation interdirection

11, Place des 5 Martyrs du Lycée Buffon

75696 Paris Cedex 14

Tél : 01 40 56 66 00

https://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/

Produces in the pharmaceutical field: statistical data on expenses concerning reimbursable drugs, consumption of non-prescription drugs, consumption of drugs in industrialised countries, etc.

►National Pharmacists’ Association

Ordre National des Pharmaciens

4, av. Ruysdaël

75008 Paris

Tel : 01 56 21 34 34

https://www.ordre.pharmacien.fr

https://www.ordre.pharmacien.fr/Qui-sommes-nous/Qu-est-ce-que-l-Ordre/The-French-Chamber-of-Pharmacists

Mission: There are currently four Associations concerning the following healthcare professions: doctors, dentists, midwives and pharmacists. The creation of new French Medical Associations for certain paramedical professions is currently being studied.

It controls access to the practise of the profession of pharmacist, ensures that the ethics of the pharmaceutical profession are respected, and represents the profession.

Produces: Data on the demography of the pharmaceutical professions, directory of pharmacists, information on the regulations concerning drugs and pharmaceutical companies, the Association’s opinion on legislative or regulatory texts with regard to the profession, etc.

►       NERES

8, rue St Saëns

75015 Paris

Tel : 01 56 77 16 16

https://neres.fr/

https://neres.fr/english/

European association : https://www.aesgp.eu/

Missions : Nères is the association which represents the pharmaceutical companies which manufacture and sell selfcare products in France.

►SNITEM : National Association of Medical Technology Industry (official translation)

SNITEM - Syndicat National de l’Industrie des Technologies Médicales

39-41, rue Louis Blanc

92038 Paris La Défense cedex

Tel : 01 47 17 63 88

Email : info@snitem.fr

https://www.snitem.fr

Mission: SNITEM represents the medical technologies industry.

Produces: Information on member companies and their field of activity, key figures, and medical devices regulations.

Private pharmaceutical statistics files

►CEGEDIM

Division Santé

BP 405

122, rue d’Aguesseau

92103 Boulogne cedex

Email : communication@cegedim.fr

https://www.cegedim.fr/Pages/default.aspx

Cegedim is a private company that compiles databases or surveys in the healthcare field for specific clients for commercial Mission.

Produces: Statistics on sales of pharmaceutical products (Cegers), analysis of pharmaceutical prescriptions (Icomed), medical files and prescriptions (Thalès), medical information for doctors (Market surveillance pharma), sales force and management of medical visit (TVF), attachment of doctors to products (Icomed)… for its clients.

►GERS

GERS -Groupement pour l’Elaboration et la Réalisation de Statistiques

86 rue du Dôme

92100 Boulogne Billancourt

Tel : 01 49 09 62 75

https://www.sas.gie-gers.fr/index.php3

Produces: Created by the pharmaceutical industry, this group draws up and distributes sales statistics for pharmaceutical products for its members.

►IQVIA : Medical and statistical Information

IQVIA -Information médicales et statistiques

Tour D2
17 Bis Place des Reflets
TSA 64567
92099 La Défense Cedex

https://www.iqvia.com/

IQVIA is a private company that compiles databases or surveys in the field of healthcare for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for commercial Mission.

Produces: Statistics on the drugs market and on pharmaceutical prescriptions (EPPM)

Mortality, Causes of Death, Demography

►INED : National Institute of Demographic Studies

INED -Institut National des Etudes Démographiques

9 cours des Humanités

CS 50004

93322 Aubervilliers Cedex

Tel : 01 56 06 20 45

Email : doc@ined.fr

https://www.ined.fr

English website : https://www.ined.fr/en/

Library portal : https://campus-condorcet.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=33CCP_INST:CCP&lang=fr

Mission: Research and distribution of studies on populations and the science of demographics

Produces : Demographic situation in France, life expectancy, mortality, causes of death, abortions...

►INSERM : French Institute for Health and Medical Research

Publications service

INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

Service Edition / Librairie

101, rue de Tolbiac

75013 Paris

https://www.inserm.fr/en (Home page)

https://www.inserm.fr/=> Santé publique

Mission: INSERM is the French public research body entirely devoted to human health. Its vocation is the study of all diseases – from the most frequent to the rarest – through their biological, medical and population health research studies. It is tasked with facilitating interaction between fundamental research, clinical research, therapeutic or diagnostic research and research into public health. The research units are spread throughout the whole of France.

Produces: Inserm’s publications (books), Inserm’s research

►INSERM : French Institute for Health and Medical Research

CepiDc : Epidemiological centre on medical causes of death

INSERM -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

CepiDc (Centre d'épidémiologie sur les causes médicales de décès)

80 rue du Général Leclerc - Bâtiment La Force
porte 58 - 3ème étage
94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex
https://www.cepidc.inserm.fr/index.php

Mission: This Inserm unit manages and runs the national register on the medical causes of death.

Produces: it provides data on the causes of death in France. This database has been providing exhaustive annual information on the numbers and rates of death according to different pathologies since 1968. It makes it possible to analyse the evolutions over time, spatial variations and disparities according to different characteristics of the populations, as well as to carry out comparative studies between countries. This database can be accessed on line and extracts from the national register may be requested.

►INSERM : French Institute for Health and Medical Research

Federation of Inserm research units in Epidemiology, social sciences, and public health

INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

Centre de recherche Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (CESP)

https://cesp.inserm.fr/

Mission: The CESP groups together units, laboratories or services common to Inserm that work in the field of epidemiology-biostatistics and the social sciences in the Paris region.

Produces: directory of structures and research topics

►INSEE : National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (Official translation)

INSEE - Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques

Library

88 avenue Verdier

92120 Montrouge

Tél. : 01 41 17 67 18

Email : bibliotheque-alain-desrosieres@insee.fr

https://www.insee.fr/en/accueil

Library Portal: http://bibliotheque.insee.net/

INSEE conducts the census of the French population and provides statistics on the French population and the French life conditions.

Public Health, Morbidity

►BIU : medical schools library

BIU Santé - Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Médecine

Pôle Médecine - Odontologie

12 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine

75270 Paris cedex 06

Tel : 01 40 46 19 51

https://u-paris.fr/bibliotheques/biu-sante-medecine/

Mission: BIU Santé is the library of medical schools.

Produces: The BIU Santé has an important library collection on medicine, the history of medicine and the history of dentistry for students and healthcare professionals. Catalogues of the BIUM’s collections, on-line resources, directory of French medical libraries, free question / answer service, provision of documents and reproductions

►BIU Santé - Pôle pharmacie-Biologie

4 rue de l'Observatoire

75270 Paris cedex 06

Tel : 01 53 73 93 22

https://u-paris.fr/bibliotheques/biu-sante-pharmacie/

►EHESP : National School of Public Health

EHESP -Ecole Nationale des Hautes Etudes en  Santé Publique

Library

Av. du Pr Léon Bernard

35043 Rennes cedex

Tel : 02 99 02 29 50

https://documentation.ehesp.fr/

Produces: On line, the dissertations produced by students preparing to work in the field of public health and sanitary engineering, the collections’ database.

►FNORS : National Federation of Regional Health Observatories

FNORS - Fédération Nationale des Observatoires Régionaux de la Santé

62, Bd Garibaldi

75015 Paris

Tel : 01 56 58 52 40

Email: info@fnors.org

https://www.fnors.org

Mission: The aim of Regional Health Observatories is to improve information on the state of health and the needs of regional populations, within the framework of a decision-making assistance role.

Produces: Publications on health (epidemiology on pathologies, risk factors, study of specific populations, evaluations of actions or structures, relationships between health and the environment, offer and consumption of care) and Score Santé regional database.

Some Regional Health Observatories are open to the public.

►HCSP : High Council on Public Health

Haut Conseil de la Santé Publique

18, place des Cinq-Martyrs-du-Lycée-Buffon, bureau 1131

75014 Paris

Tel: 01 40 56 79 80

https://www.hcsp.fr/Explore.cgi/avisrapports?Langue=en&filtrer=filtrer

Mission: Created in 2004, the HCSP’s general mission is to provide elements to assist decision-making with a view to improving public health.

Produces: observation and orientation reports concerning public health – including the annual report “Healthcare in France”, sometimes translated into English – a quarterly review and a press review

►INSERM : French Institute for Health and Medical Research

Centre de recherche Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (CESP)

http://cesp.inserm.fr/

Mission: The CESP groups together units, laboratories or services common to Inserm that work in the field of epidemiology-biostatistics and the social sciences in the Paris region.

Produces: directory of structures and research topics

►Santé Publique France : French National Agency for Public Health

Service Documentation

12, rue du Val d’Osne

94415 St Maurice
Tél : 01 41 79 62 52

Email : documentation@invs.sante.fr

https://geodes.santepubliquefrance.fr/#c=home

Library portal https://portaildocumentaire.santepubliquefrance.fr/exl-php/accueil

Mission: Santé Publique France is a governmental institution reporting to the Ministry of Health, which is responsible for monitoring the health status of the entire French population and alerting public authorities of threats to public health.

Produces: data and analyses on communicable diseases, environmental health, health in the workplace, chronic diseases, public health alerts and recommendations

INSERM : National Institute for Health and Medical Research

INSERM U444 (Réseau Sentinelles)

Unité Epidémiologie -BZE - Faculté St Antoine

27, rue de Chaligny

75012 Paris

https://websenti.u707.jussieu.fr/sentiweb/?lang=en

Mission: A INSERM unit supervises a surveillance of communicable diseases in France. Statistics are collected by a network of physicians.

Produces: Their website provides chronological or geographic series of data on epidemics : flu, diarrhea, measles, mumps, viral hepatitis, urethritis, prescriptions of HIV serology, GP’s referrals to hospital

►IRDES : Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics (official translation)

IRDES -Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé

117 bis rue Manin

75019 Paris

Tel : 01 53 93 43 00/51

Email : contact@irdes.fr

https://www.irdes.fr

English pages : https://www.irdes.fr/english/home.html

Produces in public health field: Data on morbidity which are collected from different surveys (ambulatory medical services, in-hospital, among households), morbidity of population groups (the Elderly, marginalised or homeless populations, women, the young), data on vital risk, disability and incapacity based on IRDES scales..

►Ministry in charge of health and social policy

Public Health Department

Ministères chargés de la santé et des affaires sociales

DGS- Direction Générale de la Santé

Service Documentation

14 av. Duquesne

75350 Paris 07

Tel : 01 40 56 52 73

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/ministere/organisation/directions/article/dgs-direction-generale-de-la-sante

DGS Urgent : https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/professionnels/article/dgs-urgent

Mission: This department is devoted to the development and public health policy implementation. Field : public health, prevention, health safety, risks

The documentation centre is common to the DGS and the Direction des Hôpitaux, but it does not receive the public.

Produces: A few reports, but very few noted on the website, a service warning of urgent health-related problems for healthcare professionals (DGS-Urgent)

►OPEPS : Parliament office for health policy evaluation

Office Parlementaire d’Evaluation des Politiques de Santé

Sénat

15, rue de Vaugirard
75291 Paris Cedex 06
https://www.senat.fr/commission/sante/index.html (up to 2009)

Mission and produces: Created by the law on social security financing for 2003, this office produced information reports to inform Parliament of the consequences of public health choices “in order to help to monitor the laws on social security financing”. This office was removed in 2009 and its missions are taken over by social affairs commissions.

►SFSP : French Society of Public Health

SFSP -Société Française de Santé Publique

1 rue de la Forêt

54520 Laxou

https://www.sfsp.fr

Mission: SFSP offers the different healthcare players a framework and resources for collective and interprofessional thinking, to formulate proposals for decision makers and to enlighten public opinion via the media on the issues at stake, and the strengths and weaknesses of public health policies.

Produces: Works, “Santé publique – Public health” review, news (training, forum, colloquia, calls for tender), public health laws

►Safety agencies

Gateway of the health safety agencies

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/ministere/acteurs/agences-et-operateurs/

Portal for health and safety agencies involved in health and safety surveillance and watch.

►Health association directory

Annuaire des associations de patients 

https://doccismef.chu-rouen.fr/dc/#q=association patients

Repertory of associations for patients, their families and aid and support associations in the field of health.

Health Education

►CESPHARM : French Pharmacists' Committee on Health and Social Education

CESPHARM -Comité d’Education Sanitaire et Social de la Pharmacie Française

Ordre National des Pharmaciens

12 rue Ampère

75017 Paris

Email : cespharm@ordre.pharmacien.fr

https://www.cespharm.fr/fr/Prevention-sante

Mission: CESPHARM develops the role of the pharmacist in health education and prevention; drafting and distributing suitable communication products.

Produces: documentation for pharmacists, brochures and posters for the public

►Santé Publique France : French National Agency for Public Health

Service Documentation

12, rue du Val d’Osne

94415 St Maurice
Tél : 01 41 79 62 52

https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr

https://portaildocumentaire.santepubliquefrance.fr/exl-php/accueil

Mission: Santé Publique France oversees implementing policies in matters of prevention and health education within the more general framework of the orientations of public health policy set by the government. It also participates in the management of emergency or exceptional situations that have serious consequences on the general population's health, and in health education training

Produces: information on public health and health education: health promotion programmes, campaigns, surveys, and studies (« health barometers »), support to health promotion research and the development of health education in health care establishments, publications, support tools for action and guide for the evaluation of their quality.

►The national federation  of health promotion committees :

https://www.fnes.fr/

►UFSBD : French Federation for Dental Health

UFSBD - Union Française pour la Santé Bucco-dentaire

7 rue Mariotte

75017 Paris

Tel : 01 44  90 72 80

https://www.ufsbd.fr

Mission: developing individual and collective orodental prevention

Produces: Information on orodental health and prevention for the public, and for professionals

Health Economics

Public administrations :

►CNAM : The National Sickness Fund

CNAM -Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie

Service Documentation

50, av. du Professeur André Lemierre

75986 Paris cedex 20

https://www.ameli.fr (assurance maladie en ligne)

English pages : https://www.ameli.fr/l-assurance-maladie/connaitre-l-assurance-maladie/getting-informed-about-health-insurance/index.php

This sickness fund is the biggest one in France. It covers about 84% of French population

Produces in health economics: statistics and analysis on activity and supply of private health professions, trends in expenditures of health care reimbursement, health care coverage, medical practice...

►Cour des Comptes : Court of Accounts (Official translation)

Cour des Comptes

Service documentation

13, rue Cambon

75100  Paris 01 SP

https://www.ccomptes.fr

Mission and produces: Within the framework of its missions to audit the State, national public institutions, public companies and social security bodies, every year the Court of Accounts publishes a report on the execution of the law on social security financing (audit of finances, audit and review of the application of the measures previously voted, audit and review of the functioning and administration of health institutions, etc.), and public reports that sometimes relate to the field of health.

►EN3S : National Higher Education Centre for Social Security

EN3S -Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Sécurité Sociale

Library

27, rue des Drs Charcot

42031 St Etienne cedex 2

Tel : 04 77 81 15 15

http://www.en3s.fr/

Library portal : https://en3s.fr/secudoc/

Mission: EN3S recruits students who will work in social security administrations. It also trains managers in activity for all Social security programs.

Produces : Students’ thesis on health insurance, publications, bibliographic database of the library

►HAS : National Authority for Health (official translation)

HAS -Haute Autorité de santé

Service Documentation

5, avenue du Stade de France

93218 Saint-Denis La Plaine Cedex

https://www.has-sante.fr/jcms/c_415964/en/overview-of-has (english version)

Creation: HAS is a new actor in the new system of governance for the healthcare system, created by the law of 12 August 2004 reforming health insurance. Among the missions attributed on its creation, the National Authority for Health has taken over those of the Anaes and of the two Afssaps’ committees, which now form part of the structure

Mission: Periodical evaluation of the service expected from products, procedures or healthcare provisions and of the service that they actually provide; Drawing up of recommendations concerning the definition and handling of Long-term illnesses (ALD); Drawing up of good practice reference documents; information for healthcare professionals and the public and certification of the quality of information (sites, software, etc.); Drawing up and implementation of professional practice evaluation procedures (EPP); Accreditation of public or private healthcare establishments, healthcare networks and healthcare facilities.

Produces: publications of professional recommendations and consensus conferences, information on accreditation procedures for healthcare establishments and reports on finished procedures, methods of evaluation for professional recommendations and procedures in the field of public health, and economic evaluations. Certain documents are translated into English.

►IGAS : General Audit Office of Social Affairs

IGAS -Inspection Générale des Affaires Sociales

Centre de documentation

39-43 quai André Citroen

75015 Paris

https://www.igas.gouv.fr/

Mission: IGAS aims to provide in-depth verification of respect for regulations and the proper use of public funds of institutions involved in social affairs. These inspections may be exhaustive or relate to one or more particular aspects.

Produces: reports on the evaluation of public policies, including public health, social protection, social action and solidarity policies.

►Ministry in charge of health

DREES : Department of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

Ministères chargés de la santé et des affaires sociales

DREES - Direction de la Recherche des Etudes de l’Evaluation et des Statistiques

11, Place des 5 Martyrs du Lycée Buffon

75696 Paris cedex 14

Tél : 01 40 56 66 00

https://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/

Produces in health economics: Statistics and analysis on the healthcare system : health supply, health insurance coverage, health consumption, the Elderly...

►The French House of Lords

Sénat

15, rue de Vaugirard
75291 Paris Cedex 06
Tel : 01 42 34 20 00
https://www.senat.fr

https://www.senat.fr/lng/en/index.html

Produces: The French Senate produces reports on health and social questions and on social security.

Research centres, laboratories

►ARGSES : Socioeconomic arguments for health

ARGSES -Arguments socio-économiques pour la santé

http://argses.free.fr/

Mission: ARGSES is a research association in health economics

►CES : The French Health Economists Association (official translation)

CES-Collège des Economistes de la Santé

ESP - Equipe 1

Hôpital Paul Brousse - Bât. 15/16

16 av. PV Couturier

94807 Villejuif cedex

Email : sg@ces-asso.org

https://www.ces-asso.org

Mission : The CES’s purpose is  to promote research and training in Health Economics.

Produces: CES seminars in health economics, CODECS (selective database of economic evaluations in terms of health), training in health economics, list of its members.

►IRDES : Institute for research and information in health economics (official translation)

IRDES - Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé

117 bis rue Manin

75019 Paris

Tel : 01 53 93 43 00/51

Email : contact@irdes.fr

https://www.irdes.fr

English pages : https://www.irdes.fr/english/home.html

Mission: Its mission is to provide a basis for the understanding of the health care system's future. For this, IRDES conducts surveys and analyses the behaviour of consumers and health care professionals from a medical, economic, geographic and sociological point of view.

Produces: publications, statistics, analysis

►INSERM : National Institute of Health and Medical Research

BIR - BPI

INSERM -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale

https://annuaire.inserm.fr/annuaire

BIR – BPI is the directory of the different INSERM research units. To find units on health economics on this web site, choose « Economie & santé » in « [Thème]».)

►LEGOS : Economics and Management of Health Organisations Research Laboratory

LEGOS - Laboratoire d’Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de la Santé

Université Paris IX - Dauphine

Pl. du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny

75116 Paris

https://www.legos.dauphine.fr/

Mission: The LEGOS develops its key research, teaching and expertise activities in the field of economic analysis of the health and social sectors, which are organised around four main axes: economics of health and health-related policies, economics of drugs and the pharmaceutical industry, economics of the medical-social sector and chronic diseases, economics of ageing.

Produces: Medico-economics studies, methodology, publications

Some Consulting firms

►CEMKA-Eval

43, Bd du Mal Joffre

92340 Bourg La Reine

Tel : 01 40 91 30 30

https://www.cemka.fr/

English pages : https://www.cemka.fr/en/

►REES France

Réseau d’Evaluation Economique en Santé

28, rue d’Assas

75006 Paris

https://www.rees-france.com

Produces : Medico economic evaluations

International directory of university departments or research centres for health economics :

►EDIRC, Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World

https://edirc.repec.org/index.html => field : health economics

Indexation of economic institutions organized by country and research fields. Included are economics departments research centers and institutes in universities, as well as finance ministries, statistical offices, central banks, think tanks, and other non-profit institutions where mainly economists are working.

Working Conditions, Occupational Safety

►ANACT : French National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions (official translation)

ANACT - Agence Nationale pour l’Amélioration des Conditions de Travail

Centre d'Information et de Documentation

192, avenue Thiers

CS 800 31

69457 Lyon cedex 06

Tel : 04 72 56 13 13

https://www.anact.fr/ 

Mission: Anact helps businesses improve both the performance of their organisation and the working conditions of their staff. It produces and disseminates innovative methods for participative change. It also assists in the design and implementation of public incentive policies in its fields of competence.

Produces: review, regional monthly e-newsletters, studies, guides, themed brochures, methodological works, events and colloquia on the themes of Work and health, working conditions, working organisations, skills jobs employment, technological innovations and labour, etc.

►CNAM : The National Sickness Fund

CNAM -Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie

50, av. du Professeur André Lemierre

75986 Paris cedex 20

https://www.ameli.fr

https://www.ameli.fr/l-assurance-maladie/connaitre-l-assurance-maladie/getting-informed-about-health-insurance/index.php (English information about access and benefits for occupational injuries and diseases)

This sickness fund is the biggest one in France. It covers about 84% of French population

Produces on working conditions and health: statistics on workplace injuries and diseases of its insured, and on disability pensions.

►FNATH : National Federation of Injured Persons at Work

FNATH -Fédération Nationale des Accidentés du Travail

47, rue des Alliés

42030 St Etienne cedex 2

Email: communication@fnath.org

https://www.fnath.org/

Mission: The FNATH works on a national and European scale, to improve the lot of permanently injured people, victims of an accident at work, or a road accident, occupational diseases, natural or industrial disasters, medical or domestic accidents, attacks or acts of terrorism, as well as the lot of all handicapped people, invalids or patients and their beneficiaries.

Produces: legal files, publication of survey results on working conditions.

►INRS : National research and safety institute for the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases

INRS -Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité

65 boulevard Richard Lenoir

75011 Paris

https://www.inrs.fr

https://en.inrs.fr/ (english version)

Mission: Prevention in occupational health and safety at work.

Produces: research, publications, training

►Departments of the Ministry in Charge of working conditions

DARES : Department of Research process, Studies and Statistics

Ministère du travail

DARES (Direction de l’Animation de la Recherche, des Etudes et des Statistiques)

39-43, quai André Citroen

75902 Paris cédex 15

Email : Dares.communication@dares.travail.gouv.fr

https://dares.travail-emploi.gouv.fr/dares-etudes-et-statistiques/

Produces: Policy, research and statistics on working conditions and workplace accidents.

►MSA : Agricultural Mutual Insurance Fund

MSA -Caisse Centrale de Mutualité Sociale Agricole

Caisse Centrale de Mutualité Sociale Agricole

19 rue de Paris

CS 50070
93013 Bobigny Cedex

https://www.msa.fr/lfy

https://statistiques.msa.fr/

MSA covers about 7% of French population in healthcare.

Produces: Statistics on workplace injuries and occupational diseases of its insured.

The Elderly

►COR : Pensions Advisory Council

COR – Conseil d’Orientation des Retraites

Secrétariat général
113, rue de Grenelle
75007 Paris
https://www.cor-retraites.fr

English pages : https://www.cor-retraites.fr/pensions-advisory-council

Mission : Created in 2000, the Pensions advisory council (Conseil d'orientation des retraites, COR) is an institution in charge of monitoring the middle and long term prospects of the pension system. It is an interesting institution, because it is both an institution of expertise and an institution of dialogue ("concertation").

Produces : Information on the French pension system, data on pensions and retired people

►CNAV : The National Pension Fund

CNAV-Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Vieillesse

110, rue de Flandre

75951 Paris Cédex 19

https://www.legislation.cnav.fr/ (pension legislation)

Mission: CNAV is the largest French pension scheme. The pensions branch of the general social security scheme manages the basic pensions of salaried workers in commerce, industry and services, who represent around two-thirds of the working population. This basic scheme is associated with obligatory supplementary schemes: ARRCO* for non-executives, AGIRC for executives and IRCANTEC for no titular state and local government employees.

Produces: Information on the French pension system, data on pensions and retired people

►Ministry in charge of health

DREES : Department of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

Centre de documentation interdirection

11, Place des 5 Martyrs du Lycée Buffon

75696 Paris cedex14

http://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr

Produces on the Elderly: Dependency allowances, home care, institutions for the elderly, benefits (pensions, social security benefits) of senior citizens...

►Ministry in charge of health and social policy

Ministère des affaires sociales

Personnes Agées

14, av. Duquesne

75350 Paris SP

https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/affaires-sociales/personnes-agees/

Produces on the Elderly: Data on pensions, benefits for dependency, nursing homes, home care services, ageing diseases…

►UNA : National Federation of Home Care and Home Services Associations

UNA -Union Nationale de l’Aide, des Soins et des Services à Domicile

4 rue de la Tombe Issoire

75015 Paris

https://www.una.fr

Produces on the Elderly:  Information on home support, home care and member structures of the UNA

The Disabled

►APF : French Association of Physically Disabled People

APF - Association des Paralysés de France

Service Documentation

17 boulevard Auguste Blanqui
75013 Paris

https://www.apf-francehandicap.org/

http://www.moteurline.apf.asso.fr/

Mission: Actions and claims in favour of the handicapped

Produces: Publications, information on the rights of the handicapped

►APAJH : Association for handicapped persons

Fédération des APAJH -Association au service de la personne en situation de handicap

Tour Maine Montparnasse
33 avenue du Maine
29ème étage - Boite aux lettres N°35
75 755 Paris Cedex 15
https://www.apajh.org/

Mission : The APAJ takes part in the reflexion and the action in the field of the handicap

Produces: publications, information on the legislation, publications, contribution to a database on the rights of the disabled (http://www.droitduhandicap.com/)

►FNATH : National Federation of Injured Persons at Work

FNATH -Fédération Nationale des Accidentés du Travail

Siège national :

47 rue des Alliés

42030 St-Etienne cedex 2
Email communication@fnath.com

https://www.fnath.org/

Mission: The FNATH works, on a national and European scale, to improve the lot of permanently injured people, victims of an accident at work, or a road accident, occupational diseases, natural or industrial disasters, medical or domestic accidents, attacks or acts of terrorism, as well as the lot of all handicapped people, invalids or patients and their beneficiaries.

Produces: legal files, publication of survey results on working conditions.

►Garches’institute

Institut de Garches

Hôpital Raymond Poincaré

104, Bd Raymond Poincaré

92380 Garches

Email : fondation-garches@handicap.org

https://www.handicap.org/

Mission: The Garches’institute is specialized in trauma medicine and rehabilitation. The institute attempts to restore the independence of the handicapped. The foundation invests in advice, training, and research in the field of rehabilitation, aid and services for the handicapped and new technologies at their service.

Produces: information on medical devices and assistance technologies, database on wheelchairs, cannulas and masks, research activities

►IFRH : The Federative Institute of Research on Disability - IFR.25 Disability Network (official translation)

IFRH - Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur le Handicap

Secrétariat général
Groupe Hospitalier Pitié - Salpêtrière

Bâtiment des Folles

47, boulevard de l'Hôpital

75651 - Paris Cedex 13

https://ifr-handicap.inserm.fr/

Mission:  It aims to improve the visibility of the major issues related to Disability, to improve works in synergy with teams whose fields of research are identical or close ones, to better identify and shared research actions.

Produces: information research, publications, and research teams working on the disabled area, information on the national HID survey (Disability, Maladaptation, Dependency)

►Ministry in charge of the Handicapped persons

Ministère des affaires sociales

Personnes handicapées

14 avenue Duquesne

75696 Paris cedex 07 SP

https://handicap.gouv.fr/

Produces on the disability field: Handicapped policy in France, educational, professional and social integration of the handicapped, statistics

►National association of friends, families of mentally disabled people and their associations

UNAFAM -Union Nationale des Amis et Familles de Malades Mentaux et de leurs associations

12, villa Compoint

75017 Paris

Tel : 01 53 06 30 43

http://www.unafam.org/

Mission: Unafam gathers together families affected by mental health, with the aim of helping each other and becoming informed and acting together in the general interest

Produces: Publications, support for families, training, partner in research into mental health

►UNAPEI : A federation of organisations for parents and friends of mentally disabled persons (official translation)

UNAPEI -Union Nationale des Associations de Parents et amis de personnes handicapées mentales

Service Documentation

15 rue Coysevox

75876 Paris cedex 18

https://www.unapei.org

Mission: Unapei organisations seek to bring about an evolution in ways of thinking about the mentally disabled to prevent their suffering from prejudice and discrimination. It also constantly reminds its fellow organisations of these diverse needs for specialised places and care systems. To achieve this, Unapei regularly organises awareness-raising events for the general public and government decision-makers. Unapei serves both the organisations which are member of the federation, and parents, friends, professionals and other interlocutors by offering information, counselling, training...

Produces: publications, documentation and practical guides about the mentally disabled people and for the people who give them support.

General statistics on France and on the French (demography, employment )

►CEREQ : Centre for Research on Education, Training and Employment

Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Qualification

10, place de la Joliette 

BP 21321
13657 Marseille cedex 02

https://www.cereq.fr/ressources-documentaires

Produces : Céreq provides research, statistics and policy implementation support. It also provides expertise and guidance for clarification of training policy options at the regional, national or international levels.

►INED : National Institute of Demographic Studies

INED -Institut National des Etudes Démographiques

Service Documentation

9 cours des Humanités

CS 50004

93322 Aubervilliers Cedex

https://www.ined.fr

Catalogue en ligne de la Bibliothèque : https://campus-condorcet.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=33CCP_INST:CCP&lang=fr

Mission: Research and distribution of studies on populations and the science of demographics

Produces : Demographic situation in France, life expectancy, mortality, causes of death, abortions...

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►INSEE : National Institute for Statistics and Economics Studies

Library

88 avenue Verdier

92120 Montrouge

Tél. : 01 41 17 67 18

Email : bibliotheque-alain-desrosieres@insee.fr

Library Portal : http://bibliotheque.insee.net/

English pages : https://www.insee.fr/en/accueil

Mission: The National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies is a "General Directorate" of the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance, and Industry (MINEFI). It collects and produces information on the French economy and society. This information is made available to the entire national community (government, business, researchers, media, educators, private individuals) for study, forecasting, and decision-making Mission. Its six missions are: production, analysis, disseminate, coordination, training and cooperation.

Produces: Statistics on many aspects of the life of the French and on the economic life of the country.

Living standards, economic and social situation

►CAE : French Council for Economic Analysis (official translation)

CAE -Conseil d’Analyse Economique

20 avenue de Ségur
75007 Paris Paris
http://www.cae-eco.fr/

Purpose: The CAE is an independent, non partisan advisory body reporting to the French Prime Minister, whose members belong to the academic community, as well as to the business and government sectors.

Produces: Reports which are issued by the Council but represent the views of their authors only, not those of the CAE (which does not take policy positions) or of the French government. Newsletters in English.

►CESE : Economic Social and environmental Council (official translation)

CESE - Conseil Economique  social et environnemental

9, place d’Iena
75775 Paris cedex 16
https://www.lecese.fr/

An English description is available on http://www.eesc.europa.eu/ceslink/?i=ceslink.en.escs-in-member-states-ces-france

Mission: The functions of the Conseil Économique Social et environnemental are vast, covering all matters of topical interest on which it issues opinions and recommendations to the French authorities at the request of the government or on its own initiative. Consultation focuses on economic, social, scientific and cultural affairs. It makes recommendations to the government and thus being instrumental in deciding the country's economic and social policy; encourages a fruitful dialogue between the various socioeconomic groups; and provides information to France's political assemblies. To this end, the Conseil issues recommendations and draws up reports and studies that must be approved and put to the vote by representatives of socioeconomic groups. These documents reflect the recommendations of the majority of votes cast.

Produces: reports, recommendations

►CREDOC : Research Centre for the Study and Monitoring of Living Standards

CREDOC - Centre de Recherche et d’Etudes sur l’Observation des Conditions de Vie

Bibliothèque

142, rue du Chevaleret

75013 Paris

Tel : 01 40 77 85 10

https://www.credoc.fr/

CREDOC is above all active in the analysis of consumption and opinions, the evaluation of social and public policies. It is organized in five departments: living conditions and aspirations of the French, consumption, market dynamics, evaluation of public policies, evaluation of social policies, survey department. It conducts surveys for its clients from both the public and the private sector.

Produces: publications, statistics

►INSEE : National Institute for Statistics and Economics Studies (official translation)

Library

88 avenue Verdier

92120 Montrouge

Tél. : 01 41 17 67 18

Email : bibliotheque-alain-desrosieres@insee.fr

https://www.insee.fr

English pages: https://www.insee.fr/en/accueil

Epsilon, the French official statistics digital library

Mission: The National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies is a "General Directorate" of the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance, and Industry (MINEFI). It collects and produces information on the French economy and society. This information is made available to the entire national community (government, business, researchers, media, educators, private individuals) for study, forecasting, and decision-making Mission. Its six missions are: productions, analysis, disseminate coordination, training and cooperation.

Produces: Statistics on the numerous aspects of the life of the French and on the economic life of the country.

Laws, legislation

►Journal Officiel

26, rue Desaix

75015 Paris

https://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/

►LEGIFRANCE, the public gateway for the dissemination of the law

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr

French legislation (organisation of sources into law, codes, laws, regulations, collective agreements, jurisprudence, etc.)

►Vos droits et démarches, the guide to the rights and procedures

http://www.service-public.fr/

Purpose: The guide "your rights and procedures" informs the user about his rights and obligations and directs him to relevant organizations. It comprises 2,400 sheets grouped by subject and 1,500 answers to frequently asked questions. The files contain essential information on a specific subject (included health, pensions, insurance, and handicap) and you can use them to identify the relevant person in the civil service. Links to other public web sites help you to find more detailed information with cross-references to reference texts and relevant forms completing the range of services.