A comparison of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health to the disability tax credit.

Background: The Disability Tax Credit (DTC) Certification is an assessment tool used to provide Canadians with disability tax relief The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) provides a universal framework for defining disability.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the DTC and familiarize occupational therapists with the process of mapping measures to the ICF classification system.

Method: Concepts within the DTC were identified and mapped to appropriate ICF codes (Cieza et al.