The costs attributed to employee health problems are usually measured by employers in terms
of direct health care costs, such as medical plan claims. Although it has been understood …

A self-reported measure of four domains of work impairment based on the Work Limitations
Questionnaire was completed by 16,651 employees of a large financial services corporation. …

Objective: Decreased on-the-job productivity represents a large yet poorly characterized
indirect cost to employers. We studied the impact of employee health risk factors on self-…

Epidemiological studies hold that depressive disorders are among the most common forms
of mental illness in the population and should produce a substantial economic impact upon …

Traditionally, health protection and health promotion activities have operated independently
of each other in the workplace. Health protection has usually been viewed as …

… Wayne N. Burton, MD has no financial interest associated with this research. … Table 2
summarizes the demographics of the two-time HRA participants (N = 7026) and all employees (N = …

This study was undertaken to determine if a progressive correlation exists between body
mass index (BMI), health care costs, and absenteeism and to identify an economically optimal …

Objective: To estimate the direct medical and indirect (absenteeism and short-term disability)
cost burden of Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Methods: Data were …

Evidence suggests that migraine is associated with decreased productivity. This article
describes the results of a systematic literature review of peer-reviewed publications that …

An urestricted educational grant from Merck and Co. to Bank One partially supported this
research, as acknowledged in this article. Dr. Edington has in the past participated on an …