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雇用前の薬物スクリーニングの費用と利益
1Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
JAMA
|January 1, 1992
まとめ
雇用前の薬物スクリーニングは,雇用者にとって費用対効果が高くなりますが,結果は仮定に大きく依存します. 企業は,導入前に,その業界に特有のコストと利益を慎重に分析する必要があります.
科学分野:
- 職業衛生は,健康に関するものです.
- 健康経済学 医療経済学
背景:
- 雇用前の薬物スクリーニングは,様々な業界で一般的な慣行です.
- そのようなプログラムの費用対効果は,複数の要因に基づいて大きく異なる可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 雇用前の薬物スクリーニングのコスト・ベネフィット分析を実施する.
- 基礎仮定の変更に対するこの分析の感受性を評価する.
主な方法:
- コスト・ベネフィット分析はコホート分析的な研究デザインを用いて行われます.
- ボストンの2533人の米国郵便局従業員のコホートに基づいたデータです.
- 郵便サービスの平均コストから得られた推定値です.
主要な成果:
- 分析によると,採用した求人者1人につき162ドルを節約できる可能性があることが示された.
- 結果は,薬物流行とスクリーニング費用に関する仮定に非常に敏感でした.
- 薬物使用率の減少やスクリーニングコストの上昇により,このプログラムは財政的に実現不可能になる可能性があります.
結論:
- 雇用前の薬物スクリーニングの財政的可能性は,特定の仮定に依存しています.
- 企業は,このようなプログラムを採用する前に,業界特有の費用・利益の分析を徹底的に行わなければならない.
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