Table 7.
Per capita workloss days and costs during the 12-month study period.
| Employee subsample | |||||
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| Cases | Controls | P-valuea | |||
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| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| N | 78 | 78 | |||
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| Workloss rateb | |||||
| Medically related absenteeism | 74 | 95% | 76 | 97% | 0.4142 |
| Disability | 27 | 35% | 20 | 26% | 0.2367 |
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| Workloss days | mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | P-valuea |
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| Medically related absenteeism | 31.5 | (28.1) | 25.3 | (18.2) | 0.0573 |
| Disability | 37.4 | (75.4) | 20.4 | (50.8) | 0.1048 |
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| Workloss costs | mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | P-valuea |
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| Total employer costs | $11,298 | ($11,830) | $9,043 | ($12,416) | 0.2161 |
| Medically related absenteeism | $6,329 | ($7,136) | $5,687 | ($6,200) | 0.5012 |
| Disability | $4,970 | ($10,994) | $3,356 | ($10,284) | 0.3134 |
SD indicates standard deviation.
a P-values are determined using McNemar tests for proportions and paired t-tests for continuous measures.
bWorkloss rate defined as the number of people with ≥1 disability claim or ≥1 instance of medically-related absenteeism.