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Health-Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Care Services; Committee on Health Care Utilization and Adults with Disabilities
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2018 Mar 1.
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Health-Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine et al.
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Excerpt

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. This report analyzes health care utilizations as they relate to impairment severity and SSA's definition of disability. Health Care Utilization as a Proxy in Disability Determination identifies types of utilizations that might be good proxies for “listing-level” severity; that is, what represents an impairment, or combination of impairments, that are severe enough to prevent a person from doing any gainful activity, regardless of age, education, or work experience.

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This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Social Security Administration (Contract SS00-13-60048, Task Order 8). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.

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