
Measuring Functional Capacity and Work Requirements
Summary of a Workshop
National Research CouncilCommittee on National StatisticsInstitute of MedicineCommittee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process Research(Author)
Gooloo S. Wunderlich(Editor)
National Academies Press
Published on 14. January 1999
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Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-0-309-06385-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is reengineering its disability claims process for providing cash benefits and medical assistance to blind and disabled persons under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program (Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act). As one element of this effort, SSA has proposed a redesigned disability determination process. The agency has undertaken a multi-year research effort to develop and test the feasibility, validity, reliability, and practicality of the redesigned disability determination process before making any decision about implementing it nationally. SSA requested the National Academy of Sciences to review and provide advice on its research relating to the development of a revised disability decision process, including the approach, survey design, and content of the Disability Evaluation Study (DES). One of the committee's tasks is to examine SSA's research into existing and other developing functional assessment instruments for the redesign efforts and to provide advice for adopting or developing instruments for the redesigned decision process and the DES.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-309-06385-2 (9780309063852)
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Summary of a Workshop
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Gooloo S. Wunderlich, Editor; Committee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process Research, Institute of Medicine, and Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Measuring Functional Capacity of Persons with Disabilities in Light of Emerging Demands in the Workplace; 4 3 Linking Components of Functional Capacity Domains with Work Requirements; 5 4 Desired Characteristics of Instruments to Measure Functional Capacity to Work; 6 5 The Use of Functional Capacity Measures in Public and Private Programs in the United states and in Other Countries; 7 6 Adapting Measurement of Functional Capacity to Work to SSA's Disability Decision Process; 8 7 Recurring Themes and Issues; 9 References; 10 Appendix A: Study Mandate; 11 Appendix B: Workshop Agenda; 12 Appendix C: List of Participants; 13 Acronyms and Abbreviations; 14 Biographical Sketches of Committee Members