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Health and Work Productivity
Kessler, Ronald C, Stang, Paul E
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Description for Health and Work Productivity
Hardcover. Presents productivity research that suggests interventions aimed at prevention, early detection, and best-practice treatment of workers along with an informed allocation strategy can produce significant cost-benefits for employers. This work covers such aspects as: approaches to studying the effects of health on productivity, and more. Editor(s): Kessler, Ronald C.; Stang, Paul E. Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. Num Pages: 248 pages, 24 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: KJW; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
A recent study of productivity in the workplace revealed that workers spend on average eight percent of their workday doing nothing. This statistic takes on greater significance when we find that health problems impact employee productivity loss by an even greater percentage. In light of this discovery, a group of leading experts from the emerging field of health and productivity research argues that the expansion of health care benefits represents a substantial investment opportunity for employers. "Health and Work Productivity" presents state-of-the-art health and productivity research that suggests interventions aimed at prevention, early detection, and best-practice treatment of workers along ... Read more
A recent study of productivity in the workplace revealed that workers spend on average eight percent of their workday doing nothing. This statistic takes on greater significance when we find that health problems impact employee productivity loss by an even greater percentage. In light of this discovery, a group of leading experts from the emerging field of health and productivity research argues that the expansion of health care benefits represents a substantial investment opportunity for employers. "Health and Work Productivity" presents state-of-the-art health and productivity research that suggests interventions aimed at prevention, early detection, and best-practice treatment of workers along ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226432120
SKU
V9780226432120
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About Kessler, Ronald C, Stang, Paul E
Ronald C. Kessler is professor in the Department of Health Care Policy at the Harvard Medical School. He is coeditor of several volumes, including, most recently, How Healthy Are We? A National Study of Well-Being at Midlife, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Paul E. Stang is associate professor in the College of Health Sciences at the West ... Read more
Reviews for Health and Work Productivity
"In this original work, contributors provide motivation for a change in perspective from the provision of medical care as a benefit only to one that is a tool for investing in worker productivity. They then provide the substantial research necessary to set up such an investment and monitoring system." - Jody Sindelar, School of Public Health, Yale University"