Assessing Disability in Working Age Population : A Paradigm Shift from Impairment and Functional Limitation to the Disability Approach

The objectives of this study are two-fold. First, it presents the basics of assessing working age populations for disability benefits. Increasingly, the operational staffs of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the World Health Organization (WHO), as we...

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Main Authors:	Bickenbach, Jerome, Posarac, Aleksandra, Cieza, Alarcos, Kostanjsek, Nenad
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SOCIAL COSTS RISKS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES COUNSELORS PERSONALITY PEOPLE AIR QUALITY STROKE EPILEPSY PSYCHOLOGY PREVENTION LAWS EXPECTATIONS RESEARCH AGENDA MORBIDITY COMMUNITY HEALTH FINANCIAL RESOURCES LABOR FORCE POLITICAL ECONOMY HEALTH CARE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AGING POPULATIONS INCENTIVES HEALTH BACK PAIN DEPRESSION MODELS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE CONDITIONALITY PUBLIC HEALTH ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES KNOWLEDGE DISABILITIES DEAFNESS LEPROSY DIABETES FISCAL POLICIES EXERCISES WORKPLACE LIFE EVENTS MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS PATIENT PATIENTS SOCIAL EXCLUSION POPULATION GROWTH INTERVENTION OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES MENTAL ILLNESS PEDOPHILIA AGING OPTIONS PHYSICAL DISABILITY QUOTAS HEALTH MANAGEMENT OBSERVATION ANXIETY DISASTERS WORK ENVIRONMENT SCREENING INTERVIEW MENTAL HEALTH BLINDNESS MORTALITY SUBSIDIES EFFICIENCY TAXES CANCER ENTITLEMENTS EFFECTIVE USE OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES RESOURCES UNEMPLOYMENT EQUITY SOCIAL PARTICIPATION OLDER PEOPLE WORKERS WAGES SURGERY PROGNOSIS AGED SOCIAL SERVICES VALUES LIFESTYLE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES WAGE RATES POLICY MAKERS HEALTH POLICY CREDIT SOCIAL POLICY HEALTH OUTCOMES VASCULAR DISEASES STRESS EXPENDITURES ENVIRONMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION DECISION MAKING CHEMOTHERAPY MEASUREMENT NUTRITION ENVIRONMENT INJURIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK SICK LEAVE ECONOMIC SITUATION ADOLESCENTS QUALITY CONTROL THEORETICAL MODELS STREAMS ECONOMICS QUALITY OF LIFE WALKING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS PHYSICIANS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CHILDREN COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WORKING CONDITIONS HEALTH PROBLEMS INCONTINENCE AUTISM ADDICTION HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT LIVING CONDITIONS SICKNESS ABSENCE STRATEGY EPIDEMIOLOGY REGISTRATION ENVIRONMENTAL HOSPITALS COST SAVINGS LABOR MARKETS SOCIAL WORKERS HEALTH SERVICES IMPLEMENTATION MENTAL ENURESIS PRICES DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24660032/assessing-disability-working-age-population-paradigm-shift-impairment-functional-limitation-disability-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22353

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22353

Assessing Disability in Working Age Population : A Paradigm Shift from Impairment and Functional Limitation to the Disability Approach

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