Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look - Summary and Background Papers

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February 28, 2006

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This report from the Institute of Medicine summarizes a workshop convened in August 2005 for the first phase of a project that will take a new look at disability in America and update the 1991 IOM report by that name. The final report, which will include recommendations, is now avaliable and is titled The Future of Disability in America.

The workshop summary and background papers discuss

methodological and policy issues related to the definition, measurement, and monitoring of disability and health over time;
trends in the amount, types, and causes of disability;
disability across the age spectrum and in the context of normal aging; and
secondary health conditions.

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