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0341/2019 - The International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC): Capturing and ordering clinical information.
Classificação Internacional de Atenção Primária: Capturando e ordenando a informação clinica.

Author:

• Gustavo Diniz Ferreira Gusso - Gusso, G.D.F - <gustavo.gusso@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7488-7535


Abstract:

The International Classification of Primary Care- 2 (ICPC-2) is the result of forty years of continuous development. It originates in the second half of the twentieth century after the concern of general practitioners about the need to record and encode data specifically related to primary care, both in the reasons for encounter and procedures or conditions or diagnoses. The World Health Organization endorsed the classification as well as the developer committee after the Alma Ata meeting as it also identified specific needs. Today there are essentially two forms of use in gathering information: by encounter or by episode of care. The second form is more complex and controversial. Recently an eleventh version of the International Classification of Diseases has been released and the third edition of ICPC is being developed. There is no way to predict how new technologies, classifications and international organizations will interact. The role of front line health professionals and patients will be definitive.

Keywords:

International Classification of Primary Care; General Practice; Primary Health Care

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Gusso, G.D.F. The International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC): Capturing and ordering clinical information.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2019/Nov). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-international-classification-of-primary-care-icpc-capturing-and-ordering-clinical-information/17415?id=17415&id=17415



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