The Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process

A Framework for Research, Second Interim Report

Autor: Rice, Dorothy P.; Wunderlich, Gooloo S.
Editor: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309061407
eISBN Pdf: 9780309592109
Lugar de publicación: Estados Unidos
Año de publicación digital: 1998
Mes: Mayo
Páginas: 50
Idioma: Ingles

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