Cost Burden of the Presenteeism Health Outcome: Diverse Workforce of Nurses and Pharmacists

Objectives: To describe presenteeism, its cost burden, and comparative and interactive effects of race/ethnicity in nurses and pharmacists. Methods: Using 226 self-reports, ordinal logistic regression with marginal/interactive effects modeled 12 presenteeism predictors, contingency tables detected d...

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Published in:Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2011-01, Vol.53 (1), p.90-99
Main Authors: Warren, Carol L., White-Means, Shelley I., Wicks, Mona N., Chang, Cyril F., Gourley, Dick, Rice, Muriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absenteeism
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
cognitive ability
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease prevention
Drugs
Efficiency
Ethnic groups
Ethnicity
Female
Health care expenditures
Health participants
Human capital
Humans
Male
Medical personnel
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nurses - economics
nursing
Occupational health
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
pain
Perception
Pharmacists
Pharmacists - economics
Prevention
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Racial differences
Young Adult
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Summary:Objectives: To describe presenteeism, its cost burden, and comparative and interactive effects of race/ethnicity in nurses and pharmacists. Methods: Using 226 self-reports, ordinal logistic regression with marginal/interactive effects modeled 12 presenteeism predictors, contingency tables detected differences/associations, and Human Capital Approach determined cost burden. Results: Presenteeism's prevalence was 52.65% with mean productivity decrement 13.2%. Minorities had lower base presenteeism rates; however, race/ethnicity differences were not significant. Physical symptoms and mental conditions were associated with increased presenteeism likelihood, while decreased likelihood was associated with no medications or lack of resumption of previous medications. Indirect cost burden in 2008 averaged $12,605 per professional for $36 billion nationally. Conclusions: Prevention of symptoms and conditions impacting cognitions, pain, and perceptions can decrease presenteeism. Minorities' lower rates of presenteeism can be viewed both positively and negatively.
ISSN:1076-2752
1536-5948
DOI:10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182028d38