Job Absenteeism Costs of Obesity in the United States

Autor:	Chad D. Meyerhoefer, Abhilasha Ramasamy, Adam I. Biener, Yuchen Ding, John Cawley, Tracy Zvenyach, B. Gabriel Smolarz
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	business.industry Instrumental variable Causal effect Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Psychological intervention medicine.disease Obesity Environmental health Absenteeism Medicine National level Medical Expenditure Panel Survey business Productivity
Zdroj:	Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 63:565-573
ISSN:	1536-5948 1076-2752
DOI:	10.1097/jom.0000000000002198
Popis:	OBJECTIVE To estimate the causal effect of obesity on job absenteeism and the associated lost productivity in the United States, both nationwide and by state. METHODS We conducted a retrospective pooled cross-sectional analysis using the 2001 to 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and estimated two-part models of instrumental variables. RESULTS Obesity, relative to normal weight, raises job absenteeism due to injury or illness by 3.0 days per year (128%). Annual productivity loss due to obesity ranges from $271 to $542 (lower/upper bound) per employee with obesity, with national productivity losses ranging from $13.4 to $26.8 billion in 2016. Trends in state-level estimates mirror those at the national level, varying across states. CONCLUSIONS Obesity significantly raises job absenteeism. Reductions in job absenteeism should be included when calculating the cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent or reduce obesity among employed adults.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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