Erika L Sabbath1, Jessica A R Williams, Leslie I Boden, Tommaso Tempesti, Gregory R Wagner, Karen Hopcia, Dean Hashimoto, Glorian Sorensen. 1. Boston College School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Dr Sabbath); University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas (Dr Williams); Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Boden); University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts (Dr Tempesti); Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (Wagner); Partners HealthCare System, Inc. , Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Hopcia); Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Hashimoto); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Center for Community-based Research, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Sorensen); and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Sorensen).
Abstract
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. 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. 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 $1557 (P for difference from unexposed = 0.016), those experiencing two types spent $928 (P = 0.503), and those experiencing three types spent $1446 (P = 0.040). CONCLUSION: Workplace incivility and bullying may carry monetary costs to employers, which could be controlled through work environment modification.
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. 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. 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 $1557 (P for difference from unexposed = 0.016), those experiencing two types spent $928 (P = 0.503), and those experiencing three types spent $1446 (P = 0.040). CONCLUSION: Workplace incivility and bullying may carry monetary costs to employers, which could be controlled through work environment modification.
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