Cost of Lost Work and Bed Days for US Workers in Private Industry—National Health Interview Survey, 2003

Data from the 2003 National Health Interview Survey (n = 12,943) of US workers aged 18 to 64 years were used to estimate the annual cost of lost work (ACLW) and lost productivity (ACLP) due to bed days. The average lost workdays (LWDs) was estimated to be 8.39 for US workers compared with 5.62 bed d...

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Published in:Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2007-07, Vol.49 (7), p.736-747
Main Author: Yassin, Abdiaziz S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absenteeism
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Commerce - economics
Comparative analysis
Costs and Cost Analysis - statistics & numerical data
Efficiency, Organizational - economics
Female
Gender differences
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Occupational medicine
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Polls & surveys
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Regression analysis
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Summary:Data from the 2003 National Health Interview Survey (n = 12,943) of US workers aged 18 to 64 years were used to estimate the annual cost of lost work (ACLW) and lost productivity (ACLP) due to bed days. The average lost workdays (LWDs) was estimated to be 8.39 for US workers compared with 5.62 bed days (BDs). The prevalence of high LWDs (≥30 days) was 2.9% for US workers compared with 1.3% for BDs (≥30 days). Regression analyses showed that female workers had higher adjusted mean LWDs and BDs than did male workers. Workers in the mining industry had the highest mean of 26.71 LWDs compared with 5.58 LWDs for workers in the wholesale industry. The total ACLW and ACLP was estimated to be $62.8 billion ($US 2003; 95% CI = $57.53-$67.52 billion).
ISSN:1076-2752
1536-5948
DOI:10.1097/JOM.0b013e318070c699