TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Mental health expenditures: association with workplace incivility and bullying among hospital patient care workers
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Sabbath, Erika L.
A1  - Williams, Jessica A. R.
A1  - Boden, Leslie I.
A1  - Tempesti, Tommaso
A1  - Wagner, Gregory R.
A1  - Hopcia, Karen
A1  - Hashimoto, Dean
A1  - Sorensen, Glorian
SP  - 737
EP  - 742
VL  - 60
IS  - 8
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Bullied workers have poor self-reported mental health; monetary costs of bullying exposure are unknown. We tested associations between bullying and health plan claims for mental health diagnoses. <br><br>METHODS: We used data from 793 hospital workers who answered questions about bullying in a survey and subscribed to the group health plan. We used two-part models to test associations between types of incivility/bullying and mental health expenditures. <br><br>RESULTS: Workers experiencing incivility or bullying had greater odds of any mental health claims. Among claimants, unexposed workers spent $792, those experiencing one type of incivility or bullying spent $1,557 (p for difference from unexposed=0.016), those experiencing two types spent $928 (p = 0.503), and those experiencing three types spent $1,446 (p = 0.040). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Workplace incivility and bullying may carry monetary costs to employers, which could be controlled through work environment modification.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001322
ID  - ref1
ER  -