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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Institute of Medicine
Division of Health Care Services
and
National Research Council
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Committee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability
Decision Process Research

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Congressional Briefings
Friday, June 28, 2002 -- 2:00 p.m.
B-318 Rayburn House Office Bldg.

And

Monday, July 1, 2002 -- 2:00 p.m.
B-316 Rayburn House Office Bldg.

on

The Dynamics of Disability:
Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs

by

Dorothy P. Rice, Professor Emeritus, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Health and Aging, University of California at San Francisco, and Chair, Committee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process Research, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine and Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Gooloo S. Wunderlich, Senior Program Officer and Study Director, Committee to Review the Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process Research, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine and Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education , National Research Council

A new report produced jointly from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, The Dynamics of Disability: Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs, provides analysis and recommendations in key areas: understanding the current social, economic, and physical environmental factors in determining eligibility for disability benefits; developing and implementing a monitoring system to measure and track trends in work disability; improving the process for making decisions on disability claims; and finally, building Social Security's capacity for conducting needed research.

These series of briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on Tuesday, July 2, 2002 and can be found online, in its entirety, at the Web site of the National Academies Press.