[International classification of daily living function, disability and health status]

The World Health Organisation issued the international classification of impairments, disabilities and handicap in 1980. As no Hungarian translation appeared, it was mainly utilised in Hungary in education, with good results. Based on practical application in foreign countries and on positive and negative experiences, as a result of an almost ten years development process a new version was published, entitled the International classification of functioning, disability and health. The new classification, employing qualifiers, enables the description of both the nature and the magnitude of the problems, thus it may be applied in rehabilitation medicine practice. It may also support the establishment of still missing disability data bases. Applying together with quality of life assessments, it may serve obtaining better knowledge of the persons in need of rehabilitation.