EPPM - Permanent Survey of Medical Prescriptions
Head :
Le Jeunne Philippe
Last update : 08/17/2016 | Version : 1 | ID : 73092
| General | |
| Identification | |
| Detailed name | Permanent Survey of Medical Prescriptions |
| Sign or acronym | EPPM |
| CNIL registration number, number and date of CPP agreement, AFSSAPS (French Health Products Safety Agency) authorisation | CNIL approval no. 365268 – 1994 |
| General Aspects | |
| Medical area |
Cardiology Dermatology, venereology Endocrinology and metabolism Gastroenterology et hepatology General practice Gynecology/ obstetrics Neurology Ophthalmology Otolaryngology or ENT Pediatrics Pneumology Psychology and psychiatry Rheumatology Urology, andrology and nephrology |
| Health determinants |
Healthcare system and access to health care services Lifestyle and behavior Medicine Social and psychosocial factors |
| Keywords | private physicians, prescription, diagnosis, medication |
| Scientific investigator(s) (Contact) | |
| Name of the director | Le Jeunne |
| Surname | Philippe |
| Phone | +33 1 41 35 10 00 |
| ims@fr.imshealth.com | |
| Organization | IMS Health |
| Collaborations | |
| Participation in projects, networks and consortia |
Yes |
| Details | Medical publications |
| Funding | |
| Funding status |
Private |
| Details | IMS Health |
| Governance of the database | |
| Sponsor(s) or organisation(s) responsible | IMS Health |
| Organisation status |
Private |
| Presence of scientific or steering committees |
Yes |
| Additional contact | |
| Main features | |
| Type of database | |
| Type of database |
Health relevant administrative databases |
| Database objective | |
| Main objective |
To provide data in order to:
– understand and measure the market (ICD diagnoses and EPhMRA classification); – identify development opportunities; – promote awareness of therapeutic strategies; – to permanently monitor drug use. |
| Inclusion criteria |
All physicians privately practising throughout metropolitan France and issuing allopathic prescriptions (general practitioners, interns, cardiologists, dermatologists, gastroenterologists, gynaecologists, neuro-psychiatrists, ophthalmologists, ear, nose and throat specialists, paediatricians, pulmonologists, rheumatologists, urologists, endocrinologists and phlebologists).
All patients seen by each physician for seven days within a private and outpatient setting. |
| Population type | |
| Age |
Newborns (birth to 28 days) Infant (28 days to 2 years) Early childhood (2 to 5 years) Childhood (6 to 13 years) Adolescence (13 to 18 years) Adulthood (19 to 24 years) Adulthood (25 to 44 years) Adulthood (45 to 64 years) Elderly (65 to 79 years) Great age (80 years and more) |
| Population covered |
Sick population |
| Gender |
Male Woman |
| Geography area |
Regional |
| French regions covered by the database |
Alsace Champagne-Ardenne Lorraine Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Bourgogne Franche-Comté Bretagne Centre-Val de Loire Île-de-France Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyrénées Nord - Pas-de-Calais Picardie Normandie Pays de la Loire Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur |
| Detail of the geography area | France and groups from 8 regions |
| Data collection | |
| Dates | |
| Date of first collection (YYYY or MM/YYYY) | 2005 |
| Size of the database | |
| Size of the database (number of individuals) |
Greater than 20 000 individuals |
| Details of the number of individuals | 1,190 physicians – general practitioners |
| Data | |
| Database activity |
Current data collection |
| Type of data collected |
Clinical data Administrative data |
| Details of collected clinical data | Patient administrative profile (age, sex, CSP); diagnoses; treatment methods and information: Anticipated product effect; dosage; prescription treatment period |
| Administrative data (detail) | Medical profile (speciality, age, sex, agreement, exercise, region) |
| Presence of a biobank |
No |
| Health parameters studied |
Health event/morbidity Health event/mortality Health care consumption and services |
| Care consumption (detail) |
Medical/paramedical consultation Medicines consumption |
| Procedures | |
| Data collection method | Panellist-physicians: 1 week per quarter. Patient prescriptions collected through iPad + additional information. |
| Participant monitoring |
No |
| Links to administrative sources |
No |
| Promotion and access | |
| Promotion | |
| Link to the document | http://www.irdes.fr/recherche/enquetes/enquete-permanente-sur-la-prescription-medicale.html |
| Link to the document | Publication Irdes statines EPPM AJHEHP_statins_2013.pdf |
| Link to the document | Publication EPPM Coût de l’ordonnance MG DREES sept13.pdf |
| Link to the document | BJD ordo pso Dermato Toulouse.x.pdf |
| Link to the document | Analysis P4P indicators.pdf |
| Access | |
| Terms of data access (charter for data provision, format of data, availability delay) | These data are only accessible through paid subscription or through the dashboard of our online portal (IAM, IMS Analysis Manager). |
| Access to aggregated data |
Access on specific project only |
| Access to individual data |
Access on specific project only |
