An Evaluation of the Canadian Institute for Health Information Comprehensive Ambulatory Classification System

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Comprehensive Ambulatory Classification System (CACS) developed by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). CIHI is a national, not-for-profit organization with a mandate to coordinate the development and maintenance of a comprehensive health information system for Canada. Previous to this evaluation, a healthcare team from the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School evaluated the major ambulatory classification systems developed for the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). CIHI requested research evaluation assistance using the U.S. Army Ambulatory Care Database, the same data set used for the HCFA evaluations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 25, 1998
Accession Number
ADA353914

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  • C. W. Pierce
  • David Bolling
  • James M. Georgoulakis
  • Jeff Moon
  • Larry J. Thristrup

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Health Care
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Public Health
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Therapy
  • United States

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  • Medicine
  • Political science

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