title: [National surveys in households on the utilization of medical care in France].
abstract: These surveys are performed in France every ten years (1960, 1970), 1980). The last one included a random sample of 10000 households (representative for the French population). In four waves of three months each the whole year is covered. Each household is visited five times with an interval of three weeks. Data collection uses interviews and diaries. During the first visit socio-economic characteristics, social security, illnesses and handicaps of the household members are registered. During each of the following four three-week periods all medical goods and services and related expenses are noted and on his next visit the interviewer collects this information and gets necessary details particularly on motivations. The last visit is used to cover handicaps and risk factors. The importance of the method lies in the articulation of the measurement of disease and its consequences (health care utilization). The data are used for the evaluations in the framework of the "National Accounting" (expenses and prices). They allow the study of the effect of socio-demographic variables of morbidity and of the structure of the health care system on the consumption of medical care.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Les enquêtes nationales apurès des ménages sur la consommation médicale en France.