In Sarthe, difficulties in accessing care also affect people with disabilities

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To improve access to care for people with disabilities, Health Insurance uses a tool: the disability barometer.

Since 2022, it has made it possible to identify needs in each territory and “to implement concrete actions to improve access to care”, indicates Health Insurance, in a press release, in December 2024.

A questionnaire to fill out

Through a information campaign launched until February 2025, patients are invited to respond to a questionnaire “after each health appointment or in case of difficulty obtaining treatment” on the Handifaction website.

This anonymous survey is aimed at all people with one or more disabilities, visible or invisible.

Equipment, training, accompanying person refused…

“For people with disabilities, obstacles may arise in their care pathway”, indicates Health Insurance, “such as infrastructures and equipment medical unsuitable, a lack of formation health professionals, a refusal of the presence of accompanying him during health appointments…”

These difficulties, which can become recurrent, sometimes result in the breakdown of care and therefore have consequences on the health.

What are the numbers in Sarthe?

Out of 1523 responses over 12 months (between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024), in Sartheaccording to the Handifaction barometer, 31% of respondents were unable to access the care they needed.

Among them, 19% were refused care; and 25% abandon their treatment after being refused.

14% saw their companion refused by the caregiver. And 57% were unable to seek treatment when they did not have a doctor. A final problem which also affects able-bodied patients in the department.

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