[Utilization of computerized classification system of primary care: three years of experience].
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.
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Département de médicine familiale, Université Laval.
Cauchon
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Emond
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Ouellet
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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
Utilisation d'un système informatisé de classification pour les soins de première ligne: trois années d'expérience.