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. 2014 Dec 18;14:597. doi: 10.1186/s12913-014-0597-y

Table 4.

Annual per capita productivity loss estimates across three methods for total sample (n = 325)

Compensation Disruption correction Friction correction
Productivity loss
Per capita productivity costs Mean (SD) 617 (75)* 649 (78)* 316 (58)*
Median (CI)+ 611 (524 719) 643 (553 757) 309 (246 396)
Ratio ++ NA 1.05 0.50
Absenteeism loss
Per capita absenteeism days Mean (SD) 3 (6) 3 (6) 1 (3)
Median (CI)+ 2 (1 3) 2 (1 3) 1 (0 2)
Ratio++ NA 1.00 0.42
Per capita absenteeism costs Mean (SD) 96 (210) 128 (277) 62 (152)
Median (CI)+ 71(26 109) 94 (36 154) 36 (3 101)
Ratio++ NA 1.34 0.65
Presenteeism loss
Per capita presenteeism days Mean (SD) 16 (34) 16 (34) 8 (27)
Median (CI)+ 12 (7 18) 12 (7 18) 3 (0 12)
Ratio++ NA 1.00 0.50
Per capita presenteeism costs Mean (SD) 521 (1129) 521 (1129) 254 (917)
Median (CI)+ 389 (156 602) 389 (156 602) 122 (0 419)
Ratio++ NA 1.00 0.49

SD = standard deviation, NA = not applicable, + CI =10th and 90th percentile confidence interval around median, Ratio++ = ratio of disruption correction mean (or friction correction mean) to compensation mean. *Friction correction differs from compensation and disruption correction mean p < .0001.