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We study how to adapt the statistical measurement of standard of living in France to take into account the additional needs of households in which a disabled person lives. We use the standard of living approach developed by Berthoud et al. (1993) and expanded upon by Zaidi & Burchardt […]

The return of high-intensity conflict at Europe's borders has exposed the massive underinvestment in ammunition by many Western states, relative to the normal availability of main weapons. This paper complements existing explanations for this relative imbalance with insights from a signaling game. […]

Background: With the aim to optimize communication during HPV vaccination campaigns in France, we elicited parental preferences around HPV vaccination. Methods: We conducted a single-profile discrete choice experiment (DCE) among parents of 11- to 14-year-old middle-school pupils, who completed an […]

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Background Widely documented psychological antecedents of vaccination are confidence in vaccines, complacency, convenience, calculation, collective responsibility (5C model) with the recent addition of confidence in the wider system and social conformism. While the capacity of these seven […]

Importance Dementia is often underdiagnosed in nursing homes (NHs). This potentially results in inappropriate care, and high rates of emergency department (ED) transfers in particular. Objective To assess whether systematic dementia screening of NH residents combined with multidisciplinary team […]

The individual determinants of vaccine acceptance among health workers (HCWs) have been described in the literature, but there is little evidence regarding the impact of vaccine characteristics and contextual factors (e.g., incentives, communication) on vaccination intentions. We developed a single […]

Background:In France, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage varies across socioeconomic levels. Aim We aimed at assessing HPV vaccine awareness, uptake and vaccination intention among adolescents in France. Methods In a cluster-randomised study, 13–15-year-old students in 61 French […]

Support for vaccine decision-making requires a tailored approach taking into account psychological antecedents of vaccine acceptance. We aimed at validating an extended 7C-model of antecedents in three different target population groups (healthcare workers [n = 3870], parents [n = 2002] and […]

Background: In end-of-life situations, patients frequently lack the ability to make decisions. In France, the trusted person arrangement allows the elderly patients' voices to be heard even after the onset of cognitive decline. The testimony of the trusted person prevails over any other from family […]

Purpose: This chapter describes the main features of the financing of health care expenditure in the French health care system.Methodology/Approach: This chapter presents key reforms that have been implemented to make the health care system more sustainable in the main dimensions of care: […]

Background: In August 2021, France enacted a COVID-19 certificate requirement (vaccination/recovery/test) to access specific services, with mandates for professional groups. We evaluated the impact of this incentive-coercive policy in terms of vaccine uptake equality, future vaccine intention and […]