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| Workplace injury and illness can be costly. |
Much of the cost of being absorbed by Medicare, Medicaid and insurance provided by employers, the researcher says, but the numbers mean that workplace injury and illness are responsible for direct and indirect costs for cancer, diabetes and strokes (taking up $31 billion, $76 billion and $187 billion respectively).
Occupational health should be a more pressing concern in the workforce, Leigh says in an article on BusinessNewsDaily.com.
With most people between the ages of 22 and 65 spending 40 percent of their time at work, the potential for health risk is high and keeps on growing, he says.
The figures are based on occupational injury and illness data from 2007, which recorded the costs shouldered by workers, and Leigh also factored in underreported injuries and illnesses.
By taking the estimated number of cases and multiplying that by the average cost per case, he got the final estimation of $250 billion.
This research was published in a December issue of the Milbank Quarterly: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Population Health and Health Policy.
Source: Business News Daily
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