The Dynamics of disability : measuring and monitoring disability for social security programs / Gooloo S. Wunderlich, Dorothy P. Rice, and Nicole L. Amado, editors ; Committee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability Review Process Research, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine and Committee on National Statistics, Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wunderlich, Gooloo S.

Rice, Dorothy P.

Amado, Nicole L.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process Research.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disability evaluation--United States.

Disability evaluation.

Social security--United States.

Social security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Security (TM)s 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 "and it will be useful to state disability officials, medical and rehabilitation professionals, and the disability community.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Dynamics of SSA�s Disability Programs""; ""3 Conceptual Issues in Defining Work Disability""; ""4 Survey Measurement of Disability""; ""5 A Work Disability Monitoring System""; ""6 Improving the Disability Decision Process""; ""7 Enhancing SSA�s Research Capacity""; ""References""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Appendix A Committee Meetings and Presenters of Testimony""; ""Appendix B Workshop Agendas and Presenters""; ""Appendix C Committee Recommendations""

""Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""""Conceptual Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability""; ""Methodological Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability""; ""SSA�s Disability Determination of Mental Impairments: A Review Toward an Agenda for Research""; ""Survey Design Options for the Measurement of Persons with Work Disabilities""; ""Persons with Disabilities and Demands of the Contemporary Labor Market""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610183814

9780309169370

0309169372

9781280183812

1280183810

9780309501095

0309501091

OCLC:

923256097