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Reporting about disability evaluation in European countries

Abstract Purpose: To compare the official requirements of the content of disability evaluation for social insurance across Europe and to explore how the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health is currently applied, using the rights and obligations of people with disabiliti...

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Published in:Disability and rehabilitation 2014-01, Vol.36 (10), p.848-854
Main Authors: Anner, Jessica, Kunz, Regina, Boer, Wout de
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description Abstract Purpose: To compare the official requirements of the content of disability evaluation for social insurance across Europe and to explore how the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health is currently applied, using the rights and obligations of people with disabilities towards society as frame of reference. Methods: Survey. We used a semi-structured questionnaire to interview members of the European Union of Medicine in Assurance and Social Security (EUMASS), who are central medical advisors in social insurance systems in their country. We performed two email follow-up rounds to complete and verify responses. Results: Fifteen respondents from 15 countries participated. In all countries, medical examiners are required to report about a claimant's working capacity and prognosis. In 14 countries, medical reports ought to contain information about socio-medical history and feasible interventions to improve the claimant's health status. The format of medical reporting on working capacity varies widely (free text, semi- and fully structured reports). One country makes a reference to the ICF in their reports on working capacity, others consider doing so. Conclusion: Official requirements on medical reporting about disability in social insurance across Europe follow the frame of four features: work capacity, socio-medical history, feasibility of intervention and prognosis of disability. There is an increasing trend to make formal or informal reference to the ICF in the reports about working capacity. The four features and the ICF may provide common references across countries to describe disability evaluation, facilitating national and international research.Implications for RehabilitationReporting about disability in social insurance in different countries is about work capacity, social medical history, feasibility of intervention and prognosis of disability.Formats of reporting on work capacity vary among countries, from free text to semi-structured report forms to fully structured and scaled report forms of working capacity.The ICF could serve as a reference for describing work capacity, provided the ICF contains all necessary categories.
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Social Security - standards
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