On May 9, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released
a consensus committee report titled “Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities.”
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The motivation for the study is clear. In March, the United States Social Security
Administration (SSA) provided Social Security Disability Insurance benefits to 10.1
million beneficiaries while its Supplemental Security Income programs served an additional
8.1 million recipients.
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The costs of administering its disability claims program are large and growing. Every
year, SSA reviews more than 3 million claims from adults requesting disability payments
for physical or mental health conditions.
Social Security Administration
Monthly statistical snapshot, March 2019.
Monthly statistical snapshot, March 2019.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/quickfacts/stat_snapshot/
Date accessed: May 14, 2019
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,
Social Security Administration
Applications.
Applications.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_asr/2017/sect08.pdf
Date accessed: June 3, 2019
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Assessing claimants’ functional abilities is a critical component of determining
whether they can work on a regular and sustained basis. Even a casual reader of Archives will appreciate that measurement and prediction of human functioning in clinical
and community settings is a complex and frequent topic.Social Security Administration
Selected data from Social Security's disability program.
Selected data from Social Security's disability program.
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/dibStat.html
Date accessed: June 3, 2019
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References
- Engineering, and Medicine. Functional assessment for adults with disabilities.National Academies Press, Washington (DC)2019
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Disclosures: P. A. Volberding has a financial relationship with Merck, outside the submitted work. P. A. Volberding chaired the consensus committee; A. W. Heinemann served as a member.
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