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Objective:To discuss the technical standards of disability assessment in personal injury compensation in China, and to put forward the conception of standard construction. Methods:The disability assessment technical standards in China were systematically reviewed, as well as the contents of the United States Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (GEPI) and the United Kingdom Guidelines for the Assessment of General Compensation in Personal Injury Cases (GAGD). Results:There were six standards for disability assessment and three of them were commonly used in China at present, coming from different departments. There were some repeated, intertwined, contradictory contents. The disabilities were graded in ten grades, and the disability rate was difference of 10% between two successive grades. The determination of disability grades came from the consensus of specialists, and was little scientific. In comparison, GEPI was developed according to the ICF standards formulated by the World Health Organization, which contained continuous disability value instead of disability grade, along with the weight of organs to calculate synthetically. GEPI emphasizes objective indicators. GAGD directly gave the financial amount of disability compensation. Conclusion:It is needed to integrate the standard management departments of technical standards for disability assessment in China to link standards up; strengthen macro plan and establish the system table of forensic disability assessment standards; carry out international exchanges of technical standards and refer to the concept and data of foreign standards when revising standards.
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Objective:To perfect disability assessment in China. Methods:The nature and method of disability compensation inside and outside China were reviewed, as well as the promulgation of disability assessment outside the region. The Classification of the Impairment Related to Injury was analyzed based on the Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (GEPI). Results:The Classification of the Impairment Related to Injury was consistent with GEPI in general, but there also were some problems, such as the omission of clauses, and lacking the promoted principle of multiple injury. Conclusion:The Classification of the Impairment Related to Injury is universal. But it needs to take quantification of impairment of GEPI as reference, and refine the principle and supplement of the promoted principle, to meet the practical needs of disability assessment in China.
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ResumenEn este artículo se describirán los elementos básicos necesarios que deben tomarse en cuenta cuando se está valorando médico legalmente a una persona con cardiopatía isquémica, tanto en la historia clínica, examen físico y los estudios complementarios. Además se dará una explicación breve sobre el uso de tabla de enfermedad coronaria para la asignación de porcentaje basado en las Guías de Valoración del Deterioro Permanente de la Academia Americana de Medicina y con ello brindarle al médico forense las herramientas necesarias para asignar de forma objetiva un porcentaje de pérdida de la capacidad funcional por los efectos de la cardiopatía de origen isquémico.
AbstractIn this article will be described the necessary basic elements to be taken into account when using a forensic medical approach to diagnose a person with ischemic heart disease, both in clinical history, physical examination and complementary studies. In addition, is a brief explanation of how to use the table of coronary heart disease for the allocation of a percentage based on the Guidelines for Evaluation of Permanent Impairment of the American Academy of Medicine and thereby provide to the medical examiner the necessary tools to assign subjectively the percentage of loss of functional capacity by the effects of ischemic heart disease.