[Contents]
Chapter 1. Introduction 7
Section 1. Background and Purpose 1
Section 2. Scope of Study 3
Section 3. Methods of Study 4
Chapter 2. Theoretical Background 7
Section 1. Work Ability Assessments in Selected Developed Countries 7
Section 2. Ways to Enhance Work Ability 16
Section 3. Review of Existing Work Ability Assessment Evaluation Tools 21
Chapter 3. Current Work Ability Assessment and Its Problems 29
Section 1. Work Ability Assessment in the Basic Living Security Act 29
Section 2. Actual State of Work Ability Aseessment 34
Section 3. Problems of Work Ability Assessment 52
Chapter 4. Ways to Improve Current Work Ability Assessment 61
Section 1. Medical Evaluation 61
Section 2. Review of the Possibility of Incorporating Oriental Medicine Evaluation Criteria 80
Section 3. Assessment of Ability of Activity 98
Section 4. Enhancement of Professional Skills of Evaluators 111
Chapter 5. Conclusion 121
Section 1. Major Study Contents 121
Section 2. Policy Direction 123
References 127
Appendix 131
