USEFUL LINKS IN FRANCE: DIRECTORIES OF PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS
Some
useful addresses in the insurance field 
Ameli-directory
This is the Cnam'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).
University
Documentation System
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.).
Directory
of university libraries
Annuaire des bibliothèques universitaires (ou services communs de documentation universitaire).
CNRS
directories
Annuaires du CNRS
Directory
of French teaching hospitals
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).
Directory
of the French Dentist Board
Directory
of dental schools
Annuaire des facultés dentaires
List made available by the National Dental Association (Ordre national des chirurgiens dentistes).
World
directory of medical schools
Annuaire des facultés de médecine dans le monde
Directory
of the pharmaceutical industry
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).
Directory
of practicing physicians
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
Multimedia
directory for health and social services
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.
Directory of Social Security Organizations
Annuaire des organismes de Sécurité sociale
Annuaire
politi
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".
Directory
of health professions (Atoute.org)
Collective
catalogue of France
Catalogue collectif de France
BIR
Directory of the Inserm (National Institute for Health and Medical Research). The directory lists the Inserm's laboratories and research projects.
DIRLINE
(Directory of Information Ressources onLine)
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,
Directory of Economics Departments, Institutes, and Research
Centers in the World
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
- National directory of health and social establishments
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.
Directory
of statistics producers in France
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).
Directory
of cancer prevention and treatment centers
Répertoire des centres de lutte contre le cancer
General information on cancer prevention and treatment centers (missions, legal status, operations, addresses, and telephone numbers)