Cost and Return on Investment of a Work-Family Intervention in the Extended Care Industry: Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network

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• Personal Author:
  Barbosa C ; Bray JW ; Brockwood-K ; Dowd WN ; Hurtado DA ; Kaiser DJ ; Mills MJ ; Wipfli B
• Description:
  Objective: To estimate the cost and return on investment (ROI) of an intervention targeting work-family conflict (WFC) in the extended care industry. Methods: Costs to deliver the intervention during a group-randomized controlled trial were estimated, and data on organizational costs - presenteeism, health care costs, voluntary termination, and sick time - were collected from interviews and administrative data. Generalized linear models were used to estimate the intervention's impact on organizational costs. Combined, these results produced ROI estimates. A cluster-robust confidence interval (CI) was estimated around the ROI estimate. Results: The per-participant cost of the intervention was $767. The ROI was -1.54 (95% CI: -4.31 to 2.18). The intervention was associated with a $668 reduction in health care costs (P<0.05). Conclusions: This paper builds upon and expands prior ROI estimation methods to a new setting. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Administration Administrative Procedures Cost Analyses Cost Estimates Cost Reduction Costs Families Health Care Health Promotion Intervention Intervention Effectiveness Return On Investment ROI Work-life Balance Worker Health Workers Work Operations Work Organization

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; North Carolina ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050480
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2017 Oct; 59(10):956-965
• Contact Point Address:
  William N. Dowd, BA, RTI International, Behavioral Health Services, Policy, and Economics Program, RTI International, East Cornwallis Road, Post Office Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709- 2194
• Email:
  wdowd@rti.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20081130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cdc8a7feb5db4c5ab962ecd2add9b1e840d8c052ec3a99f42b64b1dcb82b8d951290db10e60cc9de01abdede731964ac7702bc1e69f72bf314f09c09b8107fe2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210803/cdc_210803_DS1.pdf
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