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05:00 Mar 19, 2011
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Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / patient identifying information
Catalan term or phrase: ATC
I find this abbreviation at the beginning of a patient's hospital report that contains a mixture of Catalan and Spanish (the text of the report is almost all Spanish, and the headings are all Catalan words: Data Naix., Adreça, Població, Antecedents, Malaltía Actual, Exploració, etc.)

The beginning of the report, giving the patient's general information, says:

H.C.: [I imagine this is probably something like the Spanish Historia Clínica] ... then *ATC*: 1122334T [not the real number], followed by NEU: 12345432U.

What does ATC stand for in Catalan, and how would we say it in English?

Moltes gracies for your help!
Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 15:09


Summary of answers provided
2 +1ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System)
Ross Andrew Parker


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System)


Explanation:
I did a search for atc + catsalut (the Catalan health service) It seems that practically all the references to ATC are related to the international Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System. On the other hand, I'm not sure if this fits in your context and the number format appears to be different from the one you've indicated.

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Memòria d'activitat 2004 La xarxa sanitària d'utilització pública
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Del total de 877.874 altes d'HC i CMA notificades pels hospitals d'aguts, 726.627 corresponen ...... ATC, i comportà el canvi d'aportació normal de l'usuari ...
www10.gencat.cat/catsalut/archivos/publicacions/.../2004/04_catsalut.pdf

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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-03-19 10:41:10 GMT)
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Search results:
http://www.google.com/search?q=atc catsalut&hl=en&lr=lang_ca...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-03-19 10:41:19 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_Therapeutic_Chemical...

Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 00:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Ross, for your answer and the extra references. It doesn't quite look like we're dealing with a drug classification at this point in the document, however (near the beginning of the report, right after what I presume says "Medical Record" number [H.C.])

Asker: Hi again, Ross. I closed this question because ProZ was reminding me to close it. I didn't think, as I said above, that your suggestion fits in this context ... thank you again for the suggestion.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrew Langdon-Davies: http://www.gencat.cat/salut/depsalut/html/ca/dir2495/manual_...
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