Measuring the Illness-Related Absenteeism - Can Bradford Factor Approximate the Indirect Cost of Illness?

• Autorzy: Beata Koń , Michał Jakubczyk
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the management of human resources, the absences are monitored with Bradford Factor (BF) using the number and length of sick leaves. The sick leaves are also measured in health technology to assess the impact of health technologies on product loss, aka indirect cost (IC). Linking the BF and IC might promote BF as an outcome measure and facilitate the estimation of IC. We simulate a single company operation in several scenarios describing the firm's functioning and adjustments to workers' absence. We measure the BF and the IC due to absence and relate them with econometric modelling. Results show that BF and IC are associated in a non-linear way; hence, IC cannot be calculated from BF in a simple manner. The association is strongest for possibility to adjust to worker's absence, and a high elasticity of substitution between workers. Therefore, the possibility to proxy IC by BF is rather limited. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Absence from work; Productivity; Indirect costs; Econometric modeling

PL

Absencja w pracy; Produktywność; Koszty pośrednie; Modelowanie ekonometryczne

• Czasopismo: Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and Econometrics (CEJEME)
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 15
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 241--265

Twórcy

autor

Beata Koń

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

autor

Michał Jakubczyk

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/cejeme.2023.147910