A scoping study on data sources to assess the impact of chronic respiratory and musculoskeletal conditions on workplace productivity

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Release Date: 19 Mar 2019
Author: AIHW

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Chronic conditions are the leading cause of illness, disability and death in Australia and have lasting physical, psychological, social and financial impacts on individuals, communities and the healthcare system. Respiratory and musculoskeletal conditions are two groups of chronic conditions associated with substantial productivity loss and activity impairment. This scoping study assesses the available data sources for monitoring the relationship between these chronic conditions and workforce productivity.

ISBN: 978-1-76054-506-2
Cat. no: PHE 245

Findings from this report:

Of the 39 data sources considered, 21 were determined to be in scope of this report and were examined in detail
The most common measures of productivity included labour force status, time off work and ability to participate in work
Further work is needed to allow most data sources to measure the direct impact of a chronic condition on productivity
Most data sources examined provide some measure of rate of musculoskeletal and/or respiratory conditions

1 Introduction
- 1.1 Purpose of this report
- 1.2 Structure of this report
2 Chronic conditions and productivity
- 2.1 Chronic respiratory conditions
- 2.2 Chronic musculoskeletal conditions
- 2.3 What is workforce productivity?
- 2.4 Exploring the relationship between chronic conditions and workforce productivity
3 Assessment approach
- 3.1 Types of data sources
- 3.2 AIHW’s framework for assessing data sources
4 Assessment of available data sources
- 4.1 Administrative data sources
- 4.2 Survey-based data sources
- 4.3 Longitudinal surveys
- 4.4 Registry data sources
- 4.5 Derived data sources
5 Discussion
- 5.1 What data are available?
- 5.2 Data deficiencies and gaps
- 5.3 Further considerations
- 5.4 Future opportunities
Appendix A: Out-of-scope data sources
Appendix B: Components of workforce productivity and their measurement
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
References
List of tables
List of figures
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