[Ambulatory paediatric care: epidemiology and effectiveness (author's transl)]

Some aspects of the routine work of the team in a paediatric ambulatory clinic (Social Security) is presented. Patients are classified on a sociological basis. Relationship between duration of consultations and number of prescriptions is compared with a team working in identical conditions. Monday is the day with a maximum of consultations and a minimum of prescriptions in comparison with saturday with the opposite situation. Finally, principal conditions consulted are classified from a syndromic point of view. This classification is thought to be useful for the training of paediatricians as well as for new aspects of epidemiology.