Recent Findings from C. Pollak and Co-Researchers Yields New Information on Healthcare Economics (The impact of a sick pay waiting period on sick…

Recent Findings from C. Pollak and Co-Researchers Yields New Information on Healthcare Economics (The impact of a sick pay waiting period on sick leave patterns)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine - Healthcare Economics. According to news originating from Paris, France, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, "This article assesses how a waiting period for sick pay impacts sick leave patterns. In the French private sector, statutory sick benefits are granted after 3 days."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research, "However, 60 % of employers in this sector provide complementary sick pay to cover this waiting period. Linked employee-employer survey data compiled in 2009 are used to analyze the impact of this compensation on workers' sick leave behavior. The assessment isolates the insurance effect (moral hazard) from individual and environmental factors relating to sick leave (including health and working conditions). Results suggest that employees who are compensated during the 3-day waiting period are not more likely to have an absence. On the contrary, their sickness leaves are significantly shorter by 3 days on average."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "These results could be explained by consequences of presenteeism and ex post moral hazard when employees are exposed to a waiting period."

For more information on this research see: The impact of a sick pay waiting period on sick leave patterns. European Journal of Health Economics, 2017;18(1):13-31. European Journal of Health Economics can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; European Journal of Health Economics - www.springerlink.com/content/1618-7598/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from C. Pollak, DREES French Directorate Res Studies Evaluat & St, Paris, France (see also Health and Medicine - Healthcare Economics).

Keywords for this news article include: Paris, France, Europe, Healthcare Economics, Health and Medicine.

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