The Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process

The Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process

A Framework for Research, Second Interim Report

  • Author: Rice, Dorothy P.; Wunderlich, Gooloo S.
  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309061407
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309592109
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1998
  • Month: May
  • Pages: 50
  • Language: English
  • The Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process: A Framework for Research
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Background.
    • NEED FOR A REDESIGNED PROCESS FOR PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
    • DISABILITY DETERMINATION-STRUCTURE AND PROCESS
      • Disability Claims Process
      • Evaluation of Eligibility for Disability Benefits
        • The Current Decision Process for Initial Claims.
        • Proposed Redesigned Decision Process
    • COMMISSIONER'S CONCLUSIONS
  • 3 A Framework for Research on the Disability Decision Process
    • WHAT IS THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE DISABILITYDECISION PROCESS?
    • WHAT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS MIGHT ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS?
    • WILL A PROPOSED REDESIGNED DECISION PROCESS BE WORKABLE AND WILL IT ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS?
  • 4 SSA's Research Plan for the Redesigned Disability Decision Process
    • SSA'S RESEARCH PLAN
    • PROGRESS TOWARD THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE DECISION PROCESS RESEARCH
      • Needs Assessment Research
        • Evaluative Criteria.
      • Identify Alternative Options
        • Review of Functional Assessment Measures
        • Identification of Occupational Classification Systems
        • Other Disability Decision Programs
        • Role of Vocational Factors in Determination of Disability
      • Specially Targeted Research.
        • Synthesis, Integration, and Prototype Development
      • Small-Scale Testing and Field Evaluation
        • Laboratory Research
        • Pretesting, Pilot Testing, National Survey
        • Process Engineering Input
      • Program Evaluation and Transition to Implementation.
        • Simulation, Modeling, and Analysis of Information Using Established Evaluative Criteria
        • Clinical Trials
        • Testing in Selected Sites
  • 5 Concluding Comments
    • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • References
  • Appendix. REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S DISABILITY DECISION PROCESS RESEARCH
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations

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