Table of contents

  • Preliminary material (162K PDF)
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • List of tables
    • List of figures and boxes
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Sections (422K PDF)
    1. Introduction
      • Purpose
      • 'Health' as broadly defined
      • Why is assessment of functional status important?
      • What is the ICF?
      • Use of the ICF in Australian national data collections
      • International applications
      • Structure of the report and methods used
    2. National health frameworks considered
      • Examination of frameworks used in the Australian health system
      • A conceptual framework for health
      • Australian Family of Health and Related Classifications
      • National Health Performance Framework
      • The strategic framework for preventing chronic disease
      • Conclusion
    3. Functional status measurement for specific health conditions
      • Review of the literature on measurement for specific health conditions
      • Cardiovascular diseases
      • Arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions
      • Acquired brain injury
      • Conclusion
    4. Generic summary population measures of functioning and health-related
      quality of life
      • Review of the literature on generic health status measurement
      • Coverage of ICF domains-observations from the literature
      • ABS population data
      • Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum
        Data Set (CSTDA NMDS)
      • Conclusion
    5. Discussion
      • Measurement issues
      • Potential uses of an outcomes data module
      • Conclusion
    6. Conclusions and recommendations
      • Findings from the mappings
      • Developing the outcome module
      • What the FRHOM might look like
      • The next steps in the development of the FRHOM
  • End matter (304K PDF)
    • References
    • Appendix 1 What the ICF looks like
    • Appendix 2 Relating CVD clinical assessments to the ICF
    • Appendix 3 Relating musculoskeletal clinical assessments to the ICF
    • Appendix 4 Relating ABI clinical assessments to the ICF
    • Appendix 5 Relating generic and population measures of functioning and health-related quality of life to the ICF