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 well as of other development organizations, are being requested by governmental policy agencies for technical advice and assistance on how to reform their disability assessment system. Secondly, while acknowledging limitations, both in conception and implementation; it makes a case for why adopting the international classification of functioning, disability, and health (ICF) approach to disability assessment may be smart policy that corresponds well with the aims of modern disability policy that focuses on social and economic inclusion for individuals with disabilities, in the context of a recognition of their fundamental human rights. The study is a follow up work to the world report on disability that WHO and WB published jointly in June 2011. The world report made it clear that the process of disability assessment is an important lever of disability policy in any country, yet little is known about how disability assessment is conducted. This study responds to that knowledge gap, but it also describes a paradigm shift in the assessment of disability, one that moves from prevailing impairment and functional limitation approaches to a disability-based approach.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bickenbach, Jerome, Posarac, Aleksandra, Cieza, Alarcos, Kostanjsek, Nenad
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-06-18
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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