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Do a health check-up
What is it?
The health check-up, also called a preventive health examination (EPS), is a free medical appointment to assess your health.
During this appointment, you have the opportunity to:
- take a blood test
- carry out disease screening tests or tests
- see a doctor, a nurse, a dentist
- ask questions about your general health
- have information and advice on your medical situation and your lifestyle
- get help with completing health paperwork (complementary health insurance file, renewal of vital card, declaration from treating physician, etc.).
It lasts approximately 2 hours and is open to anyone over 16 years old registered with the general health insurance scheme.
It can sometimes take a long time to get an appointment, but you may be given priority if:
- you do not have a primary care physician (general practitioner who takes care of your daily health) or regular medical monitoring
- you are a beneficiary of RSA and complementary health solidarity
- you have no professional activity or you are a job seeker
- you are disabled.
How to do it?
You can make an appointment by telephone at 36 46 (free number).
You can also go online to find a health examination center near you.
On the Ameli website :
- Click on the magnifying glass 🔎 to display the search engine and type “ health prevention exam ” and click on the article proposed in the results.
- Go to the bottom of the page ("Near you") to find an examination center near you and find out how to make an appointment (by phone, by email, on Doctolib, it depends on the center).
If your health insurance fund is not already selected when you arrive on the page, click on " choose " (next to the menu or in the menu). Then, enter your postal code and click on " validate " and " confirm ".
You will then receive a summons with the date, address and time of the appointment.
Appointments are organized in the morning: free your morning, the health assessment lasts approximately 2 hours.
You must come with:
- the summons
- the completed medical questionnaire
- the Vitale card, or the certificate of rights to Health Insurance or the PUMA/CSS certificate (Complementary Health Solidarity).
> To read: the Réfugiés.info factsheets Have a Vitale card and Have complementary health insurance .
This means you should no longer drink or eat from midnight on the night before your appointment.
The different stages of the meeting:
- A nurse invites you to take a urine test and a blood test.
- A dentist looks at your teeth
- A doctor looks at your questionnaire and makes a general assessment (blood pressure, heart, lungs, eyes, etc.)
- They then check whether you need to do any additional health tests.
- If necessary, a nurse will carry out other checks (weight and height, electrocardiogram for heart activity, breathing test, vision, hearing, etc.).
The doctors at the examination center will not give you any medication or prescription; you have to wait for the results.
At the end of the appointment, the nurse will explain how you will receive your results. They are normally mailed to your home and to your primary care physician (if you have one).
What happens next?
You can make an appointment to have this health check-up free of charge every 5 years.
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