Science news articles about 'productivity loss'

... with a pair of eyeglasses and an eye examination. This is the first study to estimate the productivity loss from uncorrected refractive error and is published in the June 2009 issue of the Bulletin ...

... would occur if Canadian provinces were to privatize alcohol sales. Productivity losses would increase by more than $468 million (7 per cent), health care costs would increase by ...

... for public health if people drink infected milk and is expensive for farmers as it usually causes severe milk production losses, increased treatment costs and means the animals may ...

... to determine how to best allocate resources among these strategies," write Bradley and colleagues. "From a productivity loss perspec¬tive, investments in programs that reduce lung, breast, colorectal, ...

... prices remained relatively high, netting production losses that put some plants out of business and landed ... smaller ones would spring up near less-productive land because farmers are unlikely to convert ...

... raised concerns about email overload, interruptions, technology addiction, attention deficiency and productivity loss. Gupta and colleagues have carried out an array of tests on email systems with ...

... which includes the direct cost of illnesses and associated health care and indirect costs such as productivity losses, reduced income and premature mortality. Rashad hopes more research will be done ...

... , but also a company's bottom line. Approximately one third of work-related productivity losses can be attributed to an employee being either unproductive or unable to function at full capacity ...

... medical costs and $14 billion for present and future productivity losses. While obesity among preschoolers has recently been recognized as a major health problem, age-appropriate ...

... . "When you factor in observed high adherence rate to treatment and other cost savings such as averted productivity losses that come with stopping TB's spread through the preventive care, we believe ...

... the economy and employers $11.7 billion annually in productivity losses. Dr Christine Bennett, Chair of the MBF Foundation steering committee and Bupa Australia Chief Medical Officer ...