[The evaluation of the level of integration within a perinatal network].
OBJECTIVE
Our goal was to evaluate the level of integration of general practitioners within the perinatal network in the Auvergne.


METHODS
A cross-sectional study was realized. The questionnaire was sent by post to the 1346 general practitioners who were members of the "Union régionale des médecins libéraux" (Regional association of private doctors in the Auvergne). Follow-up phone calls were also made.


RESULTS
The overall response to the questionnaire was 29.8%. Of those who replied, 76.3% were involved in the care of pregnant women or newly born babies. Among them, 51.2% had a consultation with a pregnant woman less than once a week and 53,5% had a consultation with a newly born more than once a week. A third were aware of the network and 25.7% had knowledge of the medical record provided by the network. Among them, 91.3% thought that a common medical record was necessary to improve the coordination of care. The answers differed according to age, area of responsibility, the administrative geographic position in the Auvergne, type of practise (hospital, private), and the sex of those who replied.


CONCLUSIONS
Despite a high a priori agreement, we must improve the level of information and training given to general practitioners within our perinatal network.
Vendittelli
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Réseau de santé périnatal d'Auvergne, pôle de gynécologie-obstétrique, maternité de l'Hôtel-Dieu, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, boulevard Léon-Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1, France. fvendittelli@chu-clermontferrand.fr
Brunel
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Veillard
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Gerbaud
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Lémery
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D019058:Community Networks; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires