Evaluation of work disability and the international classification of functioning, disability and health: what to expect and what not

Table 1 Reporting about work disability in social insurance: a European comparison

Core features for assessing work (in-)capacity	Countries required to report the core features
1) Functional capacity of the claimant	BE, CH, CZ, DE, FI, FR, GB, IT, NL, NO, SE, SI, SK¹
2) Health condition (disease, symptoms, complaints)	CH, FI, NL, NO, SE
3) Socio-medical history (claimant's development and severity of ill health condition, his previous efforts to regain health and return to work, job and social career)	BE, CH, CZ, DE, DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, NO, RO, SE, SI, SK
4) Prognosis of work disability (Prognosis of disease and functional capacity)	BE, CH, CZ, DE, FI, FR, GB, IT, NL, NO, RO, SE, SI, SK
5) Feasibility of therapeutic and rehabilitative interventions	BE, CH, DE, FI, FR, GB, IT, NL, NO, RO, SE, SI, SK
6) Causality: functional incapacity exclusively caused by a health condition	CH, DE, FR, NL
7) Consistency between impairments, activity limitations and restrictions in work	CH, DE, NL
8) Ability to work	Expressed as percentage in BE, CH, FR
	Expressed as degree of disability in CZ, NL, SL, SI, RO
	Expressed as hours of work: DE

BE = Belgium, CH = Switzerland, CZ = Czech Republic, DE = Germany, FI = Finland, FR = France, GB = Great Britain, IT = Italy, NL = Netherlands, NO = Norway, RO = Romania, SE = Sweden, SI = Slovenia, SK¹ = Slovakia. According to international abbreviation: http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db.

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