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Cost and Return on Investment of a Work-Family Intervention in the Extended Care Industry: Evidence From the Work, Family, and Health Network

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  • Bill Dowd
  • Jeremy W. Bray
  • Carolina Barbosa
  • Krista Brockwood
  • David J. Kaiser
  • Michael J. Mills
  • David A. Hurtado
  • Brad Wipfli
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1/10/2017
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Issue number10
Volume59
Number of pages10
Pages (from-to)956-965
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:To estimate the cost and return on investment (ROI) of an intervention targeting work-family conflict (WFC) in the extended care industry. METHODS:Costs to deliver the intervention during a group-randomized controlled trial were estimated, and data on organizational costs-presenteeism, health care costs, voluntary termination, and sick time-were collected from interviews and administrative data. Generalized linear models were used to estimate the intervention's impact on organizational costs. Combined, these results produced ROI estimates. A cluster-robust confidence interval (CI) was estimated around the ROI estimate. RESULTS:The per-participant cost of the intervention was $767. The ROI was -1.54 (95% CI: -4.31 to 2.18). The intervention was associated with a $668 reduction in health care costs (P