TY - JOUR
T1 - Return on investment (ROI) and development of a workplace disability management program in a hospital—a pilot evaluation study
AU - Camisa, Vincenzo
AU - Gilardi, Francesco
AU - Di Brino, Eugenio
AU - Santoro, Annapaola
AU - Vinci, Maria Rosaria
AU - Sannino, Serena
AU - Bianchi, Natalia
AU - Mesolella, Valentina
AU - Macina, Nadia
AU - Focarelli, Michela
AU - Brugaletta, Rita
AU - Raponi, Massimiliano
AU - Ferri, Livia
AU - Cicchetti, Americo
AU - Magnavita, Nicola
AU - Zaffina, Salvatore
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The progressive ageing of the working population and the increase in related chronic diseases tend to affect working capacity. The aim of this study was to evaluate a Workplace Disability Management Program (WDMP) within a pediatric hospital. Absenteeism due to healthcare workers’ (HCWs) pre-and post-WDMP and the related costs were used for the program evaluation. The Return on Investment (ROI), the Break-Even Analysis (BEA) and the value of the average annual productivity of HCWs who took advantage of the Disability Management (DM) interventions to assess the economic impact of the program, were also used. The HCWs enrolled in the program were 131 (approximately 4% of hospital staff), of which 89.7% females and with an average age of 50.4 years (SD ± 8.99). Sick leave days of the HCWs involved decreased by 66.6% in the year following the end of WDMP compared to the previous one (p < 0.001). The total estimated cost reduction of absenteeism is 427,896 € over a year. ROI was equal to 27.66 €. BEA indicated that the break-even point was reached by implementing the program on 3.27 HCWs. The program evaluation demonstrated the particular effectiveness of the implemented WDMP model, acting positively on the variables that affect productivity and the limitation to work.
AB - The progressive ageing of the working population and the increase in related chronic diseases tend to affect working capacity. The aim of this study was to evaluate a Workplace Disability Management Program (WDMP) within a pediatric hospital. Absenteeism due to healthcare workers’ (HCWs) pre-and post-WDMP and the related costs were used for the program evaluation. The Return on Investment (ROI), the Break-Even Analysis (BEA) and the value of the average annual productivity of HCWs who took advantage of the Disability Management (DM) interventions to assess the economic impact of the program, were also used. The HCWs enrolled in the program were 131 (approximately 4% of hospital staff), of which 89.7% females and with an average age of 50.4 years (SD ± 8.99). Sick leave days of the HCWs involved decreased by 66.6% in the year following the end of WDMP compared to the previous one (p < 0.001). The total estimated cost reduction of absenteeism is 427,896 € over a year. ROI was equal to 27.66 €. BEA indicated that the break-even point was reached by implementing the program on 3.27 HCWs. The program evaluation demonstrated the particular effectiveness of the implemented WDMP model, acting positively on the variables that affect productivity and the limitation to work.
KW - Absenteeism
KW - Break-even analysis
KW - Disability management
KW - Healthcare workers
KW - Return on investment
KW - Return to productivity
KW - Workplace health promotion
KW - Workplace wellbeing
KW - Absenteeism
KW - Break-even analysis
KW - Disability management
KW - Healthcare workers
KW - Return on investment
KW - Return to productivity
KW - Workplace health promotion
KW - Workplace wellbeing
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/162849
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17218084
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17218084
M3 - Article
SN - 1660-4601
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ER -