title: Factors affecting employment outcomes for people with disabilities who received Disability Employment Services in Taiwan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  One of the most important rehabilitation goals is to return people with disabilities to paid employment. The purposes of this study were (1) to explore employment status and (2) to identify factors that may affect the employment outcomes of people with disabilities who received Disability Employment Services (DES).
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was conducted on clients who commenced and closed DES between January 2008 and December 2010 in a metropolitan city in Taiwan, using the files from the National Vocational Rehabilitation Services Documentary System.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-nine percent (1,684 out of 2,452) of the clients in this study were engaged in paid employment after receiving DES. Logistic regression analyses indicated that clients with no psychiatric disability or mild impairment and with useful vocational qualifications, typical work experience, more post-employment services, and less pre-employment services were associated with a higher rate of successful employment outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides empirical evidence of the association between person- and DES-related factors and the employment outcomes of people with disabilities. Future improvements in health, school-to-work transition services, and vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities should place more emphasis on providing work-based work experience, professional vocational training, access to college/professional education, career exploration, effective supported employment services, and other post-employment services.
authors.affiliation: School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 17, Rm 403, Xu-Zhou Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan, yuhj@ntu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Yuh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Yun-Tung
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Meng-Hsiu
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000145:classification / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016832:Employment, Supported; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013624:Taiwan; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult