Work capacity assessments and efforts to achieve a job match for claimants in a social security setting: an international inventory.

Although a shift towards a holistic focus in work capacity assessment has been recognized, medical factors still prevail. Limited emphasis is placed on the implications of functional limitations for the possibilities of work. A holistic approach to assessment needs to be coupled with holistic support measures through provision of coordinated and high quality job matching services.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONBesides determining eligibility for benefits the outcome of the work capacity assessment can also be used for other purposes such as reintegration and should not result in a static description of work capacity but also deliver insight in support needs.Involving multiple institutions and disciplines in work capacity assessments may result in a broader overview of the claimants' capacities, however this places high demands on cooperation and data sharing of all those involved.Incorporating the claimants own perspective on work capacity and possibilities to work might improve the legitimacy of the process and reasonably also the achievement of a good and sustainable job match. This can be achieved by using self reported questionnaires and interviews in the assessments.