ANNUAL SURVEY ON THE NEEDY (1988-1991)

ORGANIZATIONS IN CHARGE OF THE SURVEY

• Irdes
• CRAMIF (Ile-de-France regional branch of the national health insurance fund)
• Three NGOs: MSF (Doctors without Borders), CASA (until it closed in 1990), and REMEDE.

SURVEY'S FOCUS

Characteristics of new patients:

• socio-economic characteristics
• health insurance
• morbidity
• care received
• reasons for not seeking care through the normal channels

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS 

Date of the sSurvey

1988, 1989, 1990

Scope of the survey

New patients treated in the free care facilities set up by CASA, MSF and REMEDE.

Sampling frame

CASA, MSF and REMEDE patient files

Method

• data collection: CASA (until its closure in 1990), MSF, REMEDE, Irdes
• new patient information sheet filled in by the physician and a social worker.