USEFUL LINKS IN FRANCE: DIRECTORIES OF PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS
Annuaires des Associations de Santé
The 2000 directory set up by Bernard Tricot's
Consulting firm encompasses patient, relief, and volunteer-work
associations in health. Research can be conducted by keyword,
specialties and regions.
Ameli-direct 
This is the Cnamts’s (National Health
Insurance Fund for Salaried Workers) directory of health professions.
Searches can be made by name, identification number, profession, or
département (geographical subdivision of a region).
Système universitaire de documentation
This database describes the 3400 documentary
institutions which contribute to the Sudoc network activities. It helps
to identify and locate these institutions, and to use the related
services (address, opening, particular services, etc.).
Annuaire des bibliothèques universitaires (ou services communs de documentation universitaire)
Annuaires du CNRS
Annuaire des CHU
This site gives the addresses of the 32 French
teaching hospitals, and also provides information on current teaching
hospital developments by displaying numerous articles (searches by
teaching hospital, theme or free text).
Annuaire dentaire de l’Association Dentaire Française
Annuaire des facultés dentaires
List made available by the National Dental Association (Ordre national des chirurgiens dentistes).
Annuaire des facultés de médecine dans le monde
Annuaire de l'industrie pharmaceutique
This directory, compiled by the Quotidien du
médecin lists all professionals in the pharmaceutical industry
(pharmaceutical industry, veterinary medicine, para-pharmacy, unions
and associations, official bodies, partners, suppliers). Searches can
be conducted by 6 criteria: the firm's name, the group's name, the type
of institution (official body, pharmaceutical industry, etc.), the type
of service (consulting firm, translation firm, etc.), the therapeutic
class (analgesics, diuretics, bio-materials, medical material, etc.)
and the département (geographical subdivision of a region).
Annuaire des médecins en exercice
The CNOM - French Medical Association (Conseil
national de l'ordre des médecins) put its national file on
the practicing physicians online: searches can be conducted by
medical specialty, physician's name, city, or zip-code
Annuaire multimédia de la santé et du social
This directory provides information on health care
professionals by specialty and region, as well as on health
establishments in the largest sense of the term (medical and social
organizations and administrations, associations, merchandizing
services...) by region and type of activity.
Annuaire des organismes de Sécurité sociale
Database containing hospital-care information
for health professionals. The data is from two other directories:
"Annuaire politi" and "Annuaire national de l’ingénierie
hospitalière et biomédicale".
Annuaire des réseaux de soins
The directory is located at the medcost site and
enables you to search a managed care network by field of medical
specialization or "département" (geographical subdivision of a
region).
Annuaires en santé
The SNA - National Federation of Directories
(Syndicat national des éditeurs d' annuaires) is comprised of some 40 directory
publishers. The site features nearly 200 directories organized by
category, one of which is "Médecine et professions de
santé" (Medicine and Health Care Professions). Searches can be
conducted by keywords.
Catalogue collectif de France
Directory of the Inserm (National Institute for
Health and Medical Research). The directory lists the Inserm's
laboratories and research projects.
Directory for French clinics, laboratories, physicians..
DIRLINE is the US National Library of Medicine
database which contains information on organizations. It includes a
category of organizations which specialize in research on the
organization of care, the evaluation of technologies, and the
development of guidelines.
EDIRC, l'annuaire international des centres de recherche en économie
The EDIRC is an international directory which
contains the Internet addresses of institutes, departments, and
research centers specialized in economics. Searches can be made by
country, field of research, or type of organization. Health economics,
public economics, and econometrics are among the fields included.
FINESS (Fichier National des Etablissements Sanitaires et Sociaux)
The server provides the general public with
access to some of the information in the Finess directory. It contains
data on the structures authorized to install health or social services
equipment (legal registration address), as well as on the premises
where this equipment is installed and where the corresponding health or
social services are performed (establishments). Also included are
health establishments (hospitals and other care facilities,
laboratories, and pharmacies), social services establishments (for the
elderly, young handicapped people, disabled adults, children, and
deprived adult populations), and establishments which provide
professional instruction or training courses for health and social
workers. You can search the database with or without assistance. Once
you have specified the geographical information (region,
"département" i.e. geographical subdivision of a region, or
township), establishments can be identified by their Finess number
(i.e. their record number in the Directory) , official name, type of
establishment, or legal status. For example, a hospital will show the
following data: address, some general administrative information, and
some indications on authorized capacity by discipline.
Services publics producteurs de statistiques en France
The CNIS - French National Council for
Statistical Information (Conseil national de l’information
statistique) lists the important statistic-producing organizations in
France and their fields of inquiry: farms and businesses, households,
local administrative bodies, other (public establishments,
associations...). A category is called
"Santé, protection sociale" (Health and Social Security).
Catalogue collectif de France
Répertoire des centres de lutte contre le cancer
General information on cancer prevention and
treatment centers (missions, legal status, operations, addresses, and
telephone numbers)
Available to the general public at this site is
the database "Etablissements de soins" (click on the heading "Annuaires
Santé"). This base provides a list of general health care
establishments and of those designed for treating the handicapped, as
well as nursing homes, specialized outpatient services open in
hospitals, hospital suppliers, pharmaceutical laboratories, centers of
pharmacovigilance, and many other useful addresses (advancement
societies, regional and national physicians' councils, medical and
pharmaceutical publications, unions representing medical professionals,
patient associations...). Searches can be conducted by establishment,
region, activity, and keywords. Accessible with charge on admission.
Annuaire des bibliothèques universitaires (ou services communs de documentation universitaire)
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