Determination of the degree of a physical, mental, or emotional handicap. The diagnosis is applied to legal qualification for benefits and income under disability insurance and to eligibility for Social Security and workmen's compensation benefits
Insurance designed to compensate persons who lose wages because of illness or injury; insurance providing periodic payments that partially replace lost wages, salary, or other income when the insured is unable to work because of illness, injury, or disease. Individual and group disability insurance are two types of such coverage. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988, p207)
Disability insurance -- Denmark : In search of effective disability policy : comparing the developments and outcomes of Dutch and Danish disability policies / Jan Hogelund
Disability insurance -- Europe -- History : European disability pension policies : 11 country trends, 1970-2002 / Christopher Prinz (ed.), with an introduction by Bernd Marin
Disability insurance -- Government policy -- United States : Health-care utilization as a proxy in disability determination / Committee on Health Care Utilization and Adults with Disabilities, Board on Health Care Services, Health and Medicine Division ; a consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Disability insurance -- Netherlands : In search of effective disability policy : comparing the developments and outcomes of Dutch and Danish disability policies / Jan Hogelund
Disability insurance -- Research -- United States : Healthcare coverage and disability evaluation for reserve component personnel : research for the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation / Susan D. Hosek
Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28)
Conditions characterized by a significant discrepancy between an individual's perceived level of intellect and their ability to acquire new language and other cognitive skills. These disorders may result from organic or psychological conditions. Relatively common subtypes include DYSLEXIA, DYSCALCULIA, and DYSGRAPHIA
An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)
An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)
Disability Pension. : International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal Reports, Volume III, 2003-2004 : Volume III, 2003-2004 / International Monetary Fund
Disability retirement -- Denmark : In search of effective disability policy : comparing the developments and outcomes of Dutch and Danish disability policies / Jan Hogelund