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Use of The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a conceptual framework and common language for disability statistics and health information systems
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A common framework for describing functional status information is needed in order to make this information comparable and of value. The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), which has been approved by all its member states, provides this common language and framework. The article provides an overview of ICF taxonomy, introduces the conceptual model which underpins ICF and elaborates on how ICF is used at population and clinical level. Furthermore, the article presents key features of the ICF tooling environment and outlines current and future developments of the classification.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kostanjsek, N.
- Affiliations
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Kostanjsek, Nenad
- ORCID
- Kostanjsek, Nenad
- Venue
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2011
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- Suppl 4
- Pages
- S3
- ISSN
- 1471-2458 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3104216
- OpenAlex
- W2027013776
- Cited by
- 434
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
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- Type
- conference abstract
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- BMC Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Medical Coding and Health Information
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Keywords
- International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, disability statistics, health information systems, functional status, conceptual framework, disability classification
- MeSH terms
- Disability Evaluation, Persons with Disabilities, Humans, Information Systems, Vocabulary, Controlled, International Classification of Diseases
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