Employers are very concerned about rising mental health care costs. They want to know
whether their health care spending is improving the health of workers, and whether there is …

Objectives: To determine whether patients respond to increased cost sharing by substituting
less expensive alternatives for medications with higher levels of copayments or coinsurance …

Evidence about the total cost of health, absence, short-term disability, and productivity
losses was synthesized for 10 health conditions. Cost estimates from a large …

A multi-employer database that links medical, prescription drug, absence, and short term
disability data at the patient level was analyzed to uncover the most costly physical and …

Objective: The aim of the study was to declare a call to action to improve mental health in the
workplace. Methods: We convened a public health summit and assembled an Advisory …

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe health-related productivity losses in
nonsmokers, former smokers, and current smokers using a large, cross-sectional database …

Abstract The Work Productivity Short Inventory (WPSI), also known as the Wellness
Inventory, was developed to quickly assess the prevalence of medical problems that may …

Poor mental health creates significant economic costs, in addition to human suffering, and is
a growing world-wide concern, especially with an aging population. To estimate the cost of …

Objective: Certain modifiable risk factors lead to higher health care costs and reduced
worker productivity. A predictive return-on-investment (ROI) model was applied to an obesity …

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship of work loss
associated with gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and peptic ulcer disease (PUD) …