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Comments on Sabariego et al . Measuring Disability: Comparing the Impact of Two Data Collection Approaches on Disability Rates. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health , 2015, 12 , 10329–10351

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  • Jennifer H. Madans

    (National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Rd., Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA)

  • Daniel Mont

    (Leonard Cheshire Disability and Development Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Mitchell Loeb

    (National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Rd., Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

In the article, Measuring Disability: Comparing the Impact of Two Data Collection Approaches on Disability Rates, in Volume 12 of the Journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Carla Sabariego et al. [1] raise several issues regarding the use of the short set of questions developed by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) as compared with the approach to disability measurement proposed through the Model Disability Survey (MDS). We address these below. [...]

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  • Jennifer H. Madans & Daniel Mont & Mitchell Loeb, 2015. "Comments on Sabariego et al . Measuring Disability: Comparing the Impact of Two Data Collection Approaches on Disability Rates. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health , 2015, 12 , 10329–10351," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-3, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:13:y:2015:i:1:p:65-:d:61057
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    1. Carla Sabariego & Cornelia Oberhauser & Aleksandra Posarac & Jerome Bickenbach & Nenad Kostanjsek & Somnath Chatterji & Alana Officer & Michaela Coenen & Lay Chhan & Alarcos Cieza, 2015. "Measuring Disability: Comparing the Impact of Two Data Collection Approaches on Disability Rates," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-23, August.
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