title: Indirect costs and workplace productivity loss associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
abstract: The objective of this study was to examine indirect costs and workplace productivity loss (defined as an aggregate measure of absenteeism, short-term disability, and long-term disability days) associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) from a societal perspective in a commercially insured working-age United States population. The MarketScan(®) Commercial Claims and Encounters and Health and Productivity Management Databases (2007-2013) were used in this study, with controls matched 3:1 to NHL patients. In comparison to controls, NHL patients incurred significantly more workplace productivity loss (31.99 days; 95% CI: 25.24 days, 38.73 days; p < 0.001) and associated indirect costs ($6302.34; 95% CI: $4973.40, $7631.28; p < 0.001) in the 12-month post-diagnosis period when adjusting for covariates. NHL contributes significantly to losses in workplace productivity and higher associated indirect costs.
authors.affiliation: a Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program , University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA ;|b Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , Whippany , NJ , USA.
authors.forename: Justin S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: a Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program , University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA ;
authors.forename: Ryan N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: b Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , Whippany , NJ , USA.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valderrama
authors.affiliation: a Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program , University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA ;
authors.forename: Josh J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D017132:Workplace; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Absenteeism; cancer; disability; indirect costs; lymphoma; productivity