The Dynamics of Disability - Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs (Hardcover)

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'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. Table of Contents Front Matter 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

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	August 2002
Authors:	National Research Council • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education • Committee on National Statistics • Institute of Medicine • Board on Health Care Services • Committee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process Research
Editors:	Nicole L. Amado • Dorothy P. Rice • Gooloo S. Wunderlich
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-08419-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems
LSN:	0-309-08419-9
Barcode:	9780309084192

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