Evans-Lacko, Sara 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4691-2630 and Knapp, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215
(2016)
Cost of depression in the workplace across eight diverse countries – collectively US$250 billion.
LSE Health and Social Care
(15 Nov 2016).
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Abstract
Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Previous research has shown that by far the greatest contributor to the overall economic impact of depression is loss in productivity; including both increased absenteeism and presenteeism-related costs in the workplace. However, there is very little research on the costs of depression outside of Western countries and high-income countries. Using data from a survey of 8,000 employees across 8 countries spanning diverse cultures and levels of economic development, we found that workplace depression collectively costs almost US$250 billion. When analysing data from Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, South Africa and the USA, we found that between 0.1% and 4.9% of a country’s GDP was lost due to absenteeism and presenteeism in the workplace.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/healthandsocialcare/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2017 14:22 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 15:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/77281 |
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