Published Articles

Absenteeism and Productivity at Work: Losses with Depression

Kessler, R.C., Akiskal H.S., Ames, M et all. Prevalence and effects of mood disorders on work performance in a nationally representative sample of U.S. Workers. American Journal of Psychiatry 2006; 163:1561-1568.

Steward, W.F., Ricci, J.A., Chee, E. et al. Cost of lost productive work time among US workers with depression. JAMA 2003; 289:3135-3144.

 

Depression Programs that Improve Absenteeism and Productivity at Work

Rost, K.M., Smith, J.L., and Dickinson, M. The effect of improving primary care depression management on employee absenteeism and productivity: A randomized trial. Medical Care 2004; 42, 1202 - 1210.

Lo Sasso, A.T., Rost, K.M., Beck A. Modeling the impact of enhanced depression treatment on workplace functioning and cost-benefit approach. Medical Care, 2006; 44, 352-358.

Schoenbaum M., Unutzer J. and Sherourne C., et al. Cost effectiveness of practice-initiated quality improvement for depression. JAMA 2001; 286: 1325-1330.

Rost, K.M., Xu, S., Dong, F., and Dickinson, L.M. Stakeholder benefit from Depression Care Management (working paper available from cardinalconsult@comcast.net).

 

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