Health Research Classification System
The Health Research Classification System (HRCS) was developed
by the UKCRC Partners for the classification and analysis of all
types of health research.
The system is two dimensional, classifying research according to
the type of research taking place (Research Activity Codes) and by
area of health and disease (Health Categories).
There are 8 main Research Activity codes:
- Underpinning Research
- Aetiology
- Prevention of Disease and Conditions, and Promotion of
Well-Being
- Detection, Screening and Diagnosis
- Development of Treatments and Therapeutic Interventions
- Evaluation of Treatments and Therapeutic Interventions
- Management of Diseases and Conditions
- Health and Social Care Services Research
Each of these main codes is further subdivided to give a total of
48 Research Activity Sub-codes.
The Health Categories contains 21 separate groupings which
encompass all diseases, conditions and areas of health.
The system is a powerful research management tool that covers the
full spectrum of biomedical and health research and allows
meaningful comparisons to be made between different research
portfolios.
Available downloads:
- The Health Research Classification System
For further information on the HRCS contact info@ukrc.org
Note that the HRCS is licensed for use under 
a
Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 England & Wales
License.