The Impact of Shift Work and Long Work Hours on Employers’ Health Care Costs
| Autor: | Dustin D. French, Megan McHugh, Mary M Kwasny, Jane L. Holl, Claude R. Maechling |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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MEDLINE Medicare employee well-being Work hours Shift work 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Humans long work hours education Employer Health Costs health care economics and organizations Aged Cost database education.field_of_study business.industry Commerce Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Shift Work Schedule Health Care Costs Original Articles 030210 environmental & occupational health United States manufacturing shift work Demographic economics business Work scheduling |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1536-5948 1076-2752 |
| Popis: | Objective To estimate the additional health care costs incurred by two U.S. manufacturing companies due to their policies related to shift work and long work hours. Methods We applied risk ratios from the published literature to data on 2647 workers from Company A and 1346 workers from Company B to estimate the excess cases of several chronic conditions in the worker population due to shift work and long work hours. We estimated the annual health care costs incurred by the companies by applying Medicare cost data. Results Excess annual health care costs related to shift work totaled $1,394,365 and $300,297 for Companies A and B, respectively. Excess annual costs related to long work hours totaled $231,293 and $107,902 for Companies A and B, respectively. Conclusions Excess health care costs related to shift work and long work hours is substantial, but may not be large enough to compel companies to alter their work scheduling policies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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