Abstract
Information systems and health statistics deal with data which have been ordered and received a name, so that they can be counted. What has no name, cannot be counted and consequently has no impact. ICPC, together with its manual provides the best available tool to order and to name essential elements of primary care. It offers a widely tested, comprehensive classification system which can be used in three modes:
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as a Reason for Encounter classification
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as a Diagnostic classification
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as a Process classification.
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Lamberts, H. (1987). The Use and Relevance of the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) in Structuring Patient Information. In: Reichertz, P.L., Engelbrecht, R., Piccolo, U. (eds) Present Status of Computer Support in Ambulatory Care. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93355-4_14
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