@article{ref1,
title="The impact of a suicide prevention strategy on reducing the economic cost of suicide in the New South Wales construction industry",
journal="Crisis",
year="2015",
author="Doran, Christopher M. and Ling, Rod and Gullestrup, Jorgen and Swannell, Sarah and Milner, Allison",
volume="37",
number="2",
pages="121-129",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Little research has been conducted into the cost and prevention of self-harm in the workplace. AIMS: To quantify the economic cost of self-harm and suicide among New South Wales (NSW) construction industry (CI) workers and to examine the potential economic impact of implementing Mates in Construction (MIC). <br><br>METHOD: Direct and indirect costs were estimated. Effectiveness was measured using the relative risk ratio (RRR). In Queensland (QLD), relative suicide risks were estimated for 5-year periods before and after the commencement of MIC. For NSW, the difference between the expected (i.e., using NSW pre-MIC [2008-2012] suicide risk) and counterfactual suicide cases (i.e., applying QLD RRR) provided an estimate of potential suicide cases averted in the post-MIC period (2013-2017). <br><br>RESULTS were adjusted using the average uptake (i.e., 9.4%) of MIC activities in QLD. Economic savings from averted cases were compared with the cost of implementing MIC. <br><br>RESULTS: The cost of self-harm and suicide in the NSW CI was AU $527 million in 2010. MIC could potentially avert 0.4 suicides, 1.01 full incapacity cases, and 4.92 short absences, generating annual savings of AU $3.66 million. For every AU $1 invested, the economic return is approximately AU $4.6. <br><br>CONCLUSION: MIC represents a positive economic investment in workplace safety.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000362",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000362"
}