Table 4.
Number and costs of asthma-related productivity loss days in Alberta, 2005
|
Absenteeism |
Presenteeism** |
Productivity loss days** |
Cost** |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-bed days*** | Restricted days*** | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |
| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | |
| Mean | 258,458 | 916,351 | 183,270 | 274,905 | 441,728 | 533,363 | $69,793,027 | $84,271,368 |
| Lower* | 151,784 | 538,144 | 107,629 | 161,443 | 259,413 | 313,228 | $40,987,281 | $49,489,961 |
| Upper* | 365,131 | 1,294,557 | 258,911 | 388,367 | 624,043 | 753,499 | $98,598,773 | $119,052,774 |
Notes:
*
Corresponding to the lower and upper bounds of 95% CI of the mean;
**
Corresponding to the lower and upper bounds of the reduction in functional level;
***
The in-bed days = 22% and restricted days = 78% of the total disability working days; III = II * 20%; IV = II * 30%; V = I + III; VI = I + IV; VII = V * 158; VIII = VI * 158.