[Parturients vaginal childbirth, social handicap and length of stay: pilot study at the Lariboisière Fernand-Widal Hospital Group in Paris].
OBJECTIVE
Would a social handicap questionnaire with French DRG (PMSI) make it possible to know social disability parturients vaginal childbirth in a public health loss of revenue by increasing the average length of stay during the hospitalization of patients precarious?


METHODS
The questionnaire of the social handicap consisted of 14 indicators associated to classify at the admission each patient in three categories of social handicap.


RESULTS
The administration of a questionnaire of social handicap was carried out for 127 women giving birth by low way. Three quarters of the studied population have a strong social handicap and 18% present a means of it. The more social handicapped patients do not represent an additional cost for the establishment in terms of supplementary day of hospitalization.


CONCLUSIONS
French DRG (PMSI) and indicators of precariousness can be used to locate the patient having social handicap. The consistency of the public action between the medical one and the social one are questioned.
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Centre de réadaptation psychothérapique (Cerep), 31, rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière, 75009 Paris, France.
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D000328:Adult; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D036801:Parturition; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D012923:Social Class; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires