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MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
Volume 185, Issue 11-12, Pages 637-641Publisher
AUSTRALASIAN MED PUBL CO LTD
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00738.x
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Objective: To estimate the extent and cost of alcohol-related absenteeism in the Australian workforce. Design: A secondary analysis of select data obtained from 13 582 Australian workers (aged >= 14 years) collected as part of the 2001 National Drug Strategy Household Survey. Main outcome measures: Self-reported measures of alcohol-related absenteeism, illness or injury absenteeism and alcohol consumption categorised according to National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC),guidelines for short- and long-term risk. Results: The use of self-reported measures of alcohol-related absenteeism resulted in an estimate of 2 682 865 work days lost due to alcohol use in 001, at a cost of $437 million. The use of self-reported measures of illness or injury absenteeism to determine the extent of absenteeism attributable to alcohol use resulted in an estimate of 7 402 341 work days lost, at a cost of $1.2 billion. these estimates are about 12 to 34 times greater than previous estimates based on national data. Low-risk drinkers and infrequent or occasional risky and high-risk drinkers accounted for 49%-66% of alcohol-related absenteeism. Conclusions: The extent and cost of alcohol-related absenteeism is far greater than previously reported, and more than half the burden of alcohol-related. absenteeism is incurred by low-risk drinkers and those who infrequently drink heavily.
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