Dahl, T. H. International classification of functioning, disability and health: an introduction and discussion of its potential impact on rehabilitation services and research.
International Classification of Functioning.
We present a new survey methodology that is based on sound epidemiological principles and is linked to the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Functioning.
The focus on functional activity reflects how health and disability are understood in the redrafted international classification of functioning, disability, and health in 2001.
The international classification of functioning, disability, and health (ICF) provides a conceptual framework for describing factors that contribute to or impede participation [ 7], including participation among wheelchair users.
Consistent with the International classification of functioning, Disability, and Health ICFframeworkork [ 2], disability is now conceptualized as a rubric for capturing impairments, functional limitations, and activity restrictions.
Previous classifications were developed either for local and national coding, as a complement of health accounts (SHA 2.0) [ 8] or as a broad umbrella for coding the environmental context of care in the classification of functioning (ICF) [ 41].
