Health Benefit Costs and Absenteeism Among Employed Patients With Acromegaly

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Employer Paid Sick Leave, Disability, and Workers’ Compensation Trends for Employees Whose Spouses have Cancer Conditions in the United States

“…Although studies focus on the impact of cancer on work absence, disability, and cost, studies in the literature using integrated employee benefits and payroll system data on caregivers are limited [14][15][16][17]. The trends reported in recent RRDb research has also been published on employee trends with mental disorders and substance use disorders [18] and rheumatoid arthritis [20] and cohort studies on acromegaly, [19] multiple sclerosis, [23] and other conditions [24][25][26][27][28][29].…”

“…The Workpartners RRDb has been leveraged to publish data on the impact from all four absence benefits using real-world data based on claims and payroll data [18][19][20][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]36] In the present study, annual cohort inclusion, prevalence, medical costs, and CCI were based on medical claims. Drug costs were derived from prescription claims, and the remaining outcomes were based on absence benefits.…”

“…The RRDb has also been used to study the impact on the employee-caregiver when a dependent child had pediatric asthma [17]. Recent RRDb research has also been published on employees with mental disorders and substance use disorders, [18] acromegaly, [19] and rheumatoid arthritis [20].…”

Employer Paid Sick Leave, Disability, and Workers’ Compensation Trends for Employees With Cancer Conditions in the United States

“…Although many studies report using real-world data to examine the impact of cancer on work absence, disability, and cost, few studies in the literature use real-world, person-specific absence cost and lost time data from comprehensive employee benefits and payroll systems [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29].…”

“…), vision and dental claims, plus payments and lost time for four absence benefits: sick leave, short-term disability, long-term disability, and workers' compensation. Employees in the RRDb with eligibility for the absence benefits are shown in Table 1.The RRDb has been used to analyze absence payments and lost productivity and trends for various conditions [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29].…”