National Academies Consensus Report on Functional Assessment for Adults With Disabilities

On May 9, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a consensus committee report titled “Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities.”1 The motivation for the study is clear. In March, the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) provided Social Security Disability Insurance benefits to 10.1 million beneficiaries while its Supplemental Security Income programs serv ed an additional 8.1 million recipients.2 The costs of administering its disability claims program are large and growing.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research