Uses of the ICF

Question 1

ICF is a multi-purpose tool and has broad uses in:

Answer 1

stats
clinical practice
social security
insurance
labor
education
economics
advocacy
environmental monitoring

Question 2

ICF has been proven to be valuable in 3 areas:

Answer 2

health and disability statistics

clinical practice

eligibility for disability and social services

Question 3

the first ever World Report on Disability (WRD) was produced jointly by:

Answer 3

WHO

World Bank (2011)

Question 4

WRD’s adoption of the ICF as a framework for:

Answer 4

developing questions on disability

improving comparability of data

developing appropriate tools for quantitative and qualitative measures

improving and expanding data collection on disability

collecting national population census data

Question 5

ultimately, the ICF is about people:

Answer 5

describing a person’s functioning and disability

Question 6

utility in clinical practice:

Answer 6

shaping document forms for reporting patient functioning

Question 7

the ICF is considered as a suitable standard framework complementary to the diagnosis, for:

Answer 7

guiding the evaluation of disability and in the development of a system for referral services

Question 8

Further use of the ICF:

Answer 8

casemix systems

electronic health records

other applications

Question 9

casemix systems:

Answer 9

classifies patients on clinical and administrative data into groups according to similar characteristics

Question 10

___ is one form of a casemix

Answer 10

diagnosis-related groups (DRG)

Question 11

for rehabilitation and community-based long-term services it has been documented that ___ is an essential factor in explaining, guiding or even predicting certain outcome parameters

Answer 11

information on functioning

Question 12

_____ is increasingly recognized as an integral part of architecture of Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Answer 12

functioning status information

Question 13

Electronic Health Records (EHR) =

Answer 13

health information about individuals or populations in electronic form that is capable of being shared among staff within an institution or across various settings

Question 14

To make ICF’s integration to EHR, work is being done to:

Answer 14

adapt ICF terminology to the compact display of info. of EHR

build linkages with established clinical terminologies

improve how the ICF is structured and organized (ontology development)

Question 15

The ICF is one of the ___ approved classifications

Answer 15

World Health Organization’s

Question 16

ICF may be used in these areas of application:

Answer 16

casemix systems

disability and social services planning

rehabilitation management

electronic health records

health and disability statistics