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

<p>Abstract</p> <p>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 appr...

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Main Author: Kostanjsek Nenad (Author)
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Published: BMC, 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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