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:
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Health Care Costs
  • Humans
  • Presenteeism
  • Sick Leave
  • Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • Workforce
  • Work-Life Balance
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 59(10):956-965
• Pubmed ID:
  28763408
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5633508
• Document Type:
  Text
• 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
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49027/cdc_49027_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 655.78 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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