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Front Matter	i-xx
Summary	1-14	(skim)
1. Introduction	15-32	(skim)
2. Dynamics of SSA's Disability Programs	33-52	(skim)
3. Conceptual Issues in Defining Work Disability	53-64	(skim)
4. Survey Measurement of Disability	65-87	(skim)
5. A Work Disability Monitoring System	88-112	(skim)
6. Improving the Disability Decision Process	113-139	(skim)
7. Enhancing SSA's Research Capacity	140-147	(skim)
References	148-155	(skim)
Acronyms and Abbreviations	156-158	(skim)
Appendix A: Committee Meetings and Presenters of Testimony	159-160	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Agendas and Presenters	161-169	(skim)
Appendix C: Committee Recommendations	170-173	(skim)
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	174-178	(skim)
Conceptual Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability	179-210	(skim)
Methodological Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability	211-240	(skim)
SSA's Disability Determination of Mental Impairments: A Review Toward an Agenda for Research	241-280	(skim)
Survey Design Options for the Measurement of Persons with Work Disabilities	281-302	(skim)
Persons with Disabilities and Demands of the Contemporary Labor Market	303-334	(skim)
Index	335-348	(skim)

Description

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.

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"...[an] important study..."
-- Future Survey, July 2003

Authoring Organizations

• Board on Health Care Services (HCS)
• Institute of Medicine (IOM)
• Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT)
• Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE)
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