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

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 wit

SUBMITTER: Dowd WN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5633508 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature