Dynamics of Disability
eBook - PDF

Dynamics of Disability

Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs

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  1. 369 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Dynamics of Disability

Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs

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About this book

The Society Security disability program faces urgent challenges: more people receiving benefits than ever before, the prospect of even more claimants as baby boomers age, changing attitudes culminating in the Americans With Disabilities Act. Disability is now understood as a dynamic process, and Social Security must comprehend that process to plan adequately for the times ahead. The Dynamics of Disability provides expert analysis and recommendations in key areas: Understanding the current social, economic, and physical environmental factors in determining eligibility for disability benefits.Developing and implementing a monitoring system to measure and track trends in work disability.Improving the process for making decisions on disability claims.Building Social Securitys capacity for conducting needed research.This book provides a wealth of detail on the workings of the Social Security disability program, recent and emerging disability trends, issues and previous experience in researching disability, and more. It will be of primary interest to federal policy makers, the Congress, and researchers"e;and it will be useful to state disability officials, medical and rehabilitation professionals, and the disability community.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2002
eBook ISBN
9780309501095
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Reviewers
  4. Contents
  5. Tables and Figures
  6. Summary
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Dynamics of SSA’s Disability Programs
  9. 3 Conceptual Issues in Defining Work Disability
  10. 4 Survey Measurement of Disability
  11. 5 A Work Disability Monitoring System
  12. 6 Improving the Disability Decision Process
  13. 7 Enhancing SSA’s Research Capacity
  14. References
  15. Acronyms and Abbreviations
  16. Appendix A Committee Meetings and Presenters of Testimony
  17. Appendix B Workshop Agendas and Presenters
  18. Appendix C Committee Recommendations
  19. Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
  20. Conceptual Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability
  21. Methodological Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability
  22. SSA’s Disability Determination of Mental Impairments: A Review Toward an Agenda for Research
  23. Survey Design Options for the Measurement of Persons with Work Disabilities
  24. Persons with Disabilities and Demands of the Contemporary Labor Market
  25. Index