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Cost Burden Of The ‘Presenteeism’ Health Outcome In A Diverse Nurse And Pharmacist Workforce: Practice Models And Health Policy Implications, Carol L. Warren
Cost Burden Of The ‘Presenteeism’ Health Outcome In A Diverse Nurse And Pharmacist Workforce: Practice Models And Health Policy Implications, Carol L. Warren
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The complex phenomenon of presenteeism is an undesirable health outcome that occurs when employees remain present on-the-job with lowered work productivity caused by personal health conditions. The cost burden of presenteeism in healthcare professionals has been under-explored and the cost burden of presenteeism across racial and ethnic minority employees has been un-explored. Aims of this research were to describe presenteeism and its cost burden among nurses and pharmacists and to determine distinctness of differences across racial/ethnic groups within these professions. In exploring presenteeism, the focus was on recognizing it, characterizing it, and measuring it. In monetizing presenteeism, its costs burden …