Harmonizing WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): Importance and methods to link disease and functioning

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Escorpizo, Reuben ^a,b,c   Kostanjsek, Nenad ^d   Kennedy, Cille ^e   Robinson Nicol, Molly Meri ^d   Stucki, Gerold ^b,c,f   Üstün, Tevfik Bedirhan ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b ICF Res Br in Coop   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Classification; Disability; Functioning; ICD revision; ICF; International classification of diseases

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84881183443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-742     Document Type: Review

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