i062 Vocational rehabilitation and the armed services

The Impacts of Vocational Rehabilitation

• We study the effects of vocational rehabilitation (VR) on employment and earnings. • Effects are identified on the basis of variation in local treatment strategies. • Properly designed VR can significantly raise employment among the disabled. • Strategies focusing on rapid placement in regular jobs are the more effective. • Sheltered jobs may reduce the chances for returning to the regular la...

Vocational Rehabilitation: History and Practice

Like many domains within vocational psychology, vocational rehabilitation is a dynamic enterprise, constantly evolving in response to contemporary issues, the changing demographics of the work force, and to alterations in health and public policy. Although psychologists have been involved in vocational rehabilitation for almost a century, the area is ultimately multidisciplinary, and profession...

Costing the outpatient rehabilitation services in Nezam-Mafi Rehabilitation Center

Objectives: One of the basic challenges of health care centers is the inflated costs of services. Rehabilitation services play a significant role in restoring people's functional ability and returning people with disabilities to society. Costing the rehabilitation services in an accurate way could sustain advisable decisions on activity based budgeting and optimal resource allocation. The objec...

Vocational rehabilitation: an educational review.

The aim of this review is to describe aspects of vocational rehabilitation relevant for a physician aiming to become a specialist in physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM). The review discusses the epidemiology of incapacity for work, the major patient groups in vocational rehabilitation (musculoskeletal and psychiatric diagnoses comprise approximately 50-70% of the patients), the influence...

Vocational rehabilitation of the mentally retarded.