Temporarily Disabled Workers Account For A Disproportionate Share Of Health Care Payments.
About one in four employees in a cohort of 408,000 US workers took a temporary leave of absence from work because of illness or injury in the period 2008-12. They accounted for nearly 60 percent (about $6.5 billion) of total worker health care and disability payments. This finding underscores the importance of workplace care management, lifestyle management, and health and safety efforts to prevent disability leaves.
Brian Gifford (bgifford@ibiweb.org) is director of research at the Integrated Benefits Institute, in San Francisco, California.
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D000041:Absenteeism; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D017132:Workplace
Cost of Health Care; Health and Productivity; Work Disability