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

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Dowd, William N. ; Bray, Jeremy W. ; Barbosa, Carolina ; Brockwood, Krista ; Kaiser, David J. ; Mills, Michael J. ; Hurtado, David A. ; Wipfli, Brad
• 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 percent 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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Cost-Benefit Analysis Extended Care Industry Financial Outcomes Health Care Costs Humans Presenteeism Return On Investment Sick Leave Skilled Nursing Facilities Work-family Conflict Work-Life Balance Workforce Workplace Intervention

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• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 59(10):956-965
• Pubmed ID:
  28763408
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5633508
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 HD051217/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD051256/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; R03 AG046393/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States ; U01 OH008788/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; U01 AG027669/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD051276/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD051218/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:053d2aeb20a99eb950a7ffb6db2602417485717e28cc33b88eee51fe6613c978
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49027/cdc_49027_DS1.pdf
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