title: [Utilization of computerized classification system of primary care: three years of experience].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and implement a computerized version of the International Classification of Primary Care. To create a data bank and to conduct a descriptive study of our clinic's clientele.
  
  
  METHODS
  Testing a software program and creating a data bank.
  
  
  METHODS
  Family Medicine Unit at Enfant-Jésus Hospital, Quebec City.
  
  
  METHODS
  All Family Medicine Unit doctors and patients seen between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 1993.
  
  
  METHODS
  Description of our clientele's health problems using the ICPC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the study, 48,415 diagnostic codes for 33,033 visits were entered into the bank. For close to 50% of these visits, two or more health problems were coded. There was good correlation between the description of our clientele and descriptions in other studies in the literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article describes the development of a data bank in a family medicine unit using a software program based on the ICPC. Our 3-year experiment demonstrated that the method works well in family physicians' daily practice. A descriptive study of our clientele is presented, as well as a few examples of the many applications of such a data bank.
authors.affiliation: Département de médicine familiale, Université Laval.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Leduc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cauchon
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Emond
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ouellet
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000145:classification*; D012986:Software Validation
vernacular_title: Utilisation d'un système informatisé de classification pour les soins de première ligne: trois années d'expérience.