Developing guidelines for good practice in the economic evaluation of occupational safety and health interventions

Tompa, Emile; Verbeek, Jos; Tulder, Maurits W. van; Boer, Angela G. E. M. de

doi:10.5271/sjweh.3009

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“…Con respecto a las evaluaciones econó-micas, se encuentran los estudios de costo-beneficio (37-42), costo-efectividad (24,43,42) y costo-utilidad (21,42), con perspectiva social (13) y desde la empresa o el empleador (32,23,44,18,19,17,11,45). Sin embargo, se resalta el amplio número de trabajos relacionados con los aspectos metodológicos para realizar evaluaciones económicas en seguridad y salud en el trabajo (46,16,14,15,18,45,47,(48)(49)(50).…”

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Dimensión económica de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo: una revisión de literatura

Riaño-Casallas

Palencia-Sánchez

2016

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Dimensión económica de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo: una revisión de literatura

Riaño-Casallas

Palencia-Sánchez

2016

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“…Calculating indirect costs may be very challenging. Tompa et al [38,39] defined a number of challenges that put a barrier to undertaking sound economic evaluations of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) interventions: the burden/benefit of costs and consequences which may be borne by varioust stakeholders in the system; the presence of multiple providers of insurance for the coverage of losses, because of which no single insurer accurately captures the full costs associated with injuries and illnesses or the benefits of their prevention; existing human resource practices such as hiring contract of temporary worker services, which can make it difficult to account for all workers and their exposures.…”

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Economic costs due to workers’ sick leave at wastewater treatment plants in Bulgaria

Toseva¹,

Stoyanova²,

Turnovska³

2018

Med Pr

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Background: The compensatory mechanisms of social security include expenses for sick leave. The aim of the study is to determine the economic cost due to sick leave among workers in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), comparing with the same economic indicators of the National Social Security Institute (NSSI) in Bulgaria. Material and Methods: The sick leave of 111 workers at 3 WWTPs was studied in the period 2012-2014 on the grounds of registered absences from work due to temporary incapacity for work. The economic indicators of the NSSI, the gross salary at WWTPs, payable social security contributions and compensatory payments for sick leave have been used for economic cost calculation for temporary incapacity of the workers. Results: The frequency of cases and the frequency of lost days due to temporary incapacity were increased in the observed period at WWTPs and in Bulgaria, and it is significantly higher for the employed at WWTPs. The percentage share of workers equivalent to 1.66% at WWTPs have not worked for an entire year as a result of temporary incapacity in 2012, 2.76% -in 2013, and 4.61% -in 2014. The economic burden due to sick leave at WWTPs was raised from EUR 4913.02 in 2012 to EUR 16 895.80 for 2014 for employers and the NSSI. Conclusions: The frequency of cases and the frequency of lost days due to temporary incapacity were increased in the observed period at WWTPs and in Bulgaria, and it is significantly higher for the employed at WWTPs. The economic burden was equally distributed between employers and the NSSI. Med Pr 2018;69(2):129-141

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“…In general, studies on cost-effectiveness of return-to-work interventions have been questioned with respect to methodological quality [22,23].…”

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Costs of production loss and primary health care interventions for return-to-work of sick-listed workers in Sweden

Persson

Bernfort

Wåhlin

et al. 2014

Disability and Rehabilitation

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PurposeThe aim of this study was to investigate, from the perspective of society, the costs of sick leave and rehabilitation of recently sick-listed workers with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) or mental disorders (MD). MethodsIn a prospective cohort study, 812 sick-listed workers with MSD (518) or MD (294) were included.Data on consumption of healthcare and production loss were collected over six months from an administrative casebook system of the healthcare provider. Production loss was estimated based on the number of sick-leave days. Societal costs were based on the human capital approach. ResultsThe mean costs of production loss per person were EUR 5978 (MSD) and EUR 6381 (MD). Healthcare interventions accounted for 9.3 % (MSD) and 8.2 % (MD) of the costs of production loss.Corresponding figures for rehabilitation activities were 3.7 % (MSD) and 3.1 % (MD). Healthcare interventions were received by about 95 % in both diagnostic groups. For nearly half of the cohort, no rehabilitation intervention at all was provided. ConclusionsCosts associated with sick leave were dominated by production loss. Resources invested in rehabilitation were small. By increasing investment in early rehabilitation, costs to society and the individual may be reduced.

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Developing guidelines for good practice in the economic evaluation of occupational safety and health interventions

Cited by 30 publications

References 16 publications

Dimensión económica de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo: una revisión de literatura

Dimensión económica de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo: una revisión de literatura

Economic costs due to workers’ sick leave at wastewater treatment plants in Bulgaria

Costs of production loss and primary health care interventions for return-to-work of sick-listed workers in Sweden

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