Using the handicap code of the ICIDH for classifying patients by intensity of nursing care requirements
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Disability and Rehabilitation
- Vol. 17 (3-4), 176-183
- https://doi.org/10.3109/09638289509166713
Abstract
An 11-class patient classification system (PCS) has been built on a recode of two dimensions of the handicap code of the ICIDH: physical independence and mobility handicaps. The proposed system, called MAC XI, explains 78% of the variance of nursing care hours required by nursing-home residents and extended-care hospital patients. This percentage of variation is higher than the one explained by traditional dependency grids such as the Exton-Smith, Murphy, Kuntzmann and SMAF. MAC XI, based on two dimensions of the handicap code, is thus a powerful tool for predicting intensity of nursing care for staffing and budgeting purposes in long-term care institutionsKeywords
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