From: Medico-legal reasoning in disability assessment: A focus group and validation study
Country | Name of scheme | Operationalisation of disability | Time before assessment | Partial incapacity possible | Assessment Vis à vis or file or both | SIP's concerned (nr included in focus groups) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium | Invalidity Pension | Medical, rehabilitational | 52 weeks | No | Both | Primary SIP (1), primary ánd secondary SIP (6) |
Netherlands | WAO (Act on insurance of incapacity for work) | Medical, functional, rehabilitational | 52 weeks | Yes (7 degrees) | Both | Primary SIP (4), secondary SIP (2), appeal SIP (2) |
Norway | Disability Benefit scheme | Medical, rehabilitational | Not fixed | Yes (over 50%) | File | Primary SIP (3), clinical consultant (1). |
Slovenia | Act on Pension and Disability Insurance | Medical, functional | Not fixed | Yes (3 degrees) | Both | Members of primary team (4), members of appeal team (3), external consultant (1) |