The disability mismatch: the case for a comprehensive disability status measure.

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Health affairs scholar Pub Date : 2025-07-04 eCollection Date: 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1093/haschl/qxaf137

Scott D Landes, Bonnielin K Swenor, Jean P Hall, Anjali J Forber-Pratt, Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich, Kate Caldwell, Mihir Kakara, Deborah Lefkowitz, Andrew Myers, Susan J Popkin, Nicholas S Reed, Emily F Rothman, Maggie Salinger

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Introduction: Current disability questions used in many US federal surveys exclusively measure disability as having 1 or more of 6 functional limitations. This strategy is at odds with who is disabled as some disabled people do not experience these limitations.

Methods: Using data from a nationally representative survey of 2169 adults, this study describes the potential of a comprehensive disability status question to improve the measurement of disability.

Results: Results from this study demonstrate that a comprehensive disability status question successfully identifies disabled people who both do, and do not, experience limitations.

Conclusion: These findings suggest that a single comprehensive disability status question may provide a viable and more inclusive alternative to identifying the disabled population in US federal surveys.

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残疾不匹配：综合残疾状态测量的案例。

简介：目前在许多美国联邦调查中使用的残疾问题专门衡量残疾为具有6种功能限制中的1种或更多。这一策略与残疾人不一致，因为一些残疾人没有这些限制。方法：利用2169名成年人的全国代表性调查数据，本研究描述了一个综合残疾状况问题的潜力，以改善残疾的测量。结果：本研究的结果表明，一个全面的残疾状况问题成功地识别了有或没有经历限制的残疾人。结论：这些发现表明，在美国联邦调查中，一个单一的综合残疾状况问题可能为识别残疾人口提供一个可行的、更具包容性的替代方案。

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