美国COVID-19对失业的影响 - 一个追溯的数据库分析分析
Jennifer Judy1, Alon Yehoshua1, Julie Gouveia-Pisano1
1Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA.
Journal of medical economics
|July 10, 2024
概括
COVID-19显著影响了员工的工作缺席,成为短期残疾索赔的主要原因. 这项分析揭示了COVID-19相关工作损失的实质性持续时间和成本,超过了急性疾病阶段.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19已成为一个重大的公共卫生问题,可能对劳动力生产力产生影响.
- 对于雇主来说,了解工作缺席福利的利用对于管理员工健康和运营连续性的管理至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有完全详细说明COVID-19对雇主赞助的残疾和带薪假期福利的经济和时间负担.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19诊断的美国员工使用的失业福利的频率,持续时间,成本和类型.
- 为了比较COVID-19相关的工作缺席与流感相关的缺席.
- 为雇主策略提供信息,以减轻COVID-19对劳动力的影响.
主要方法:
- 从2018年到2022年对工作伙伴研究参考数据库 (RRDb) 的回顾性分析.
- 包括有资格获得短期残疾 (STD),长期残疾 (LTD) 和其他带薪工作缺席福利的员工.
- 通过医疗,残疾和处方索赔识别COVID-19和流感病例,并量化相关支付.
主要成果:
- 在2020-2022年期间,COVID-19是STD索赔的第二个最常见原因 (6.9%) 和LTD索赔的第13个原因 (1.7%).
- COVID-19 STD索赔的平均持续时间为24天 (成本为3,477美元),而流感的平均持续时间为10天 (成本为1,721美元).
- COVID-19 LTD索赔的平均持续时间为153天 (费用为19,254美元);超过一半的COVID-19 STD索赔者有严重疾病的危险因素.
结论:
- COVID-19对失业造成了重大风险,影响了短期和长期的残疾索赔.
- 与COVID-19工作缺席相关的持续时间和成本超过了流感的持续时间和成本,突出了其巨大的经济负担.
- 雇主应该考虑疫苗接种和及时治疗等策略,以减轻COVID-19对员工缺勤和公司生产力的影响.
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