Disability Evaluation in Japan.
10.3346/jkms.2009.24.S2.S227
- Author:
Tsunehiko SUZUKI
1
Author Information
1. Osaka Prefecture General Medical Center, Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Persons, Osaka, Japan. tsunehiko@gh.opho.jp
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Disability Evaluation;
Welfare Support;
Community-based Rehabilitation (CBR)
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Age Factors;
Aged;
Child;
Child, Preschool;
Community Health Services/economics;
*Disability Evaluation;
Disabled Persons/classification/rehabilitation;
Female;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Newborn;
Japan;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Social Support;
Social Welfare
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2009;24(Suppl 2):S227-S231
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
To examine the current state and social ramifications of disability evaluation in Japan, public data from Annual Reports on Health and Welfare 1998-1999 were investigated. All data were analyzed based on the classification of disabilities and the effects of age-appropriate welfare services, which have been developed through a half-century of legislative efforts to support disability evaluation. These data suggest that disability evaluation, while essentially affected by age and impairment factors at a minimum, was impacted more by the assistive environment for disabilities. The assistive environment was found to be closely linked with the welfare support system related to a global assessment in the field of community-based rehabilitation.
