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

Table 5.

Annual per capita productivity loss estimates across three methods by size and industry

Compensation Disruption correction Friction correction
By size
Less than or equal to 10% (n = 34) Mean (SD) 469 (25) 494 (26) 207 (27)
Median (CI)+ 470 (438 501) 494 (461 527) 207 (174 240)
Ratio++ NA 1.05 0.44
Greater than 10% and less than 90% (n = 261) Mean (SD) 658 (88) 692 (92) 343 (67)
Median (CI)+ 653 (549 782) 687 (578 822) 336 (259 436)
Ratio++ NA 1.05 0.51
Greater than or equal to 90% (n = 30) Mean (SD) 393 (47) 415 (50) 173 (39)
Median (CI)+ 396 (333 449) 418 (352 475) 172 (125 223)
Ratio++ NA 1.06 0.44
By industry
Education/Health (n = 40) Mean (SD) 471 (47) 496 (49) 226 (39)
Median (CI)+ 466 (414 536) 490 (436 564) 223 (178 274)
Ratio++ NA 1.05 0.48
Leisure/Hospitality (n = 43) Mean (SD) 167 (13) 176 (14) 80 (11)
Median (CI)+ 167 (149 184) 176 (157 193) 79 (67 93)
Ratio++ NA 1.05 0.47
Manufacturing (n = 73) Mean (SD) 699 (120) 732 (125) 353 (86)
Median (CI)+ 704 (529 855) 739 (557 894) 353 (237 471)
Ratio++ NA 1.05 0.50
Professional (n = 44) Mean (SD) 643 (125) 672 (131) 257 (63)
Median (CI)+ 592 (526 869) 619 (550 908) 245 (209 291)
Ratio++ NA 1.04 0.41
Public administration (n = 47) Mean (SD) 687 (97) 727 (101) 391 (73)
Median (CI)+ 683 (554 821) 723 (588 869) 392 (290 492)
Ratio++ NA 1.06 0.57

SD = standard deviation, NA = not applicable, CI+ = 10th and 90th percentile of median, Ratio++ = ratio of disruption correction mean (or friction correction mean) to compensation mean.