Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange

Forum on International Collaborative Research in Rehabilitation July 23 - 24, 2003

Canadian Institute for Health Information

(METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS: THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY, AND HEALTH (ICF))

Dianne Caulfield, B.Sc., P.& O.T., MBA, Consultant, Classifications
Standards Department, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

In the late 1990s, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) was working on the international revision process of ICIDH-2 (International Classification of Functioning and Disability) in collaboration with the North American Collaborating Center (NACC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since this revised Classification was officially launched by WHO as the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), CIHI has been monitoring the implementation and application of ICF across Canada and North America. This presentation will highlight some of the activities in that have taken place in Canada with ICF in recent years.

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