TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of bipolar disorder on employers
T2 - Rationale for workplace interventions
AU - Montejano, Leslie B.
AU - Goetzel, Ron Z.
AU - Ozminkowski, Ronald J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this manuscript was provided by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The authors have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this review.
Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Among the typical employer's workforce, there are employees with various physical and psychological conditions that may affect their healthcare costs and productivity. One such condition, bipolar disorder, is especially costly. Despite many available treatments, a large portion of bipolar disorder-related costs are not related to direct healthcare expenditures, but rather are indirect expenditures related to lost productivity. Thus, ensuring that employees who exhibit symptoms of bipolar disorder receive a timely and correct diagnosis followed by appropriate treatment may prove cost effective. To accomplish this, employer-sponsored health plans should have adequate resources to provide treatment to employees and dependents with bipolar disorder and use evidence-based guidelines to treat the disorder. Increasing awareness of bipolar disorder through education and training in the workplace or the establishment of employee assistance programs may help link those with the disorder to treatment. The provision of reasonable workplace accommodations to employees with bipolar disorder may increase productivity, resulting in additional savings. The coordination of all health plan programs and related services provided to employees is an important consideration. By becoming knowledgeable about bipolar disorder and its treatments, employers can better work with insurers, health management vendors, and intermediary organizations to provide worksite and health plan programs to assist their affected employees.
AB - Among the typical employer's workforce, there are employees with various physical and psychological conditions that may affect their healthcare costs and productivity. One such condition, bipolar disorder, is especially costly. Despite many available treatments, a large portion of bipolar disorder-related costs are not related to direct healthcare expenditures, but rather are indirect expenditures related to lost productivity. Thus, ensuring that employees who exhibit symptoms of bipolar disorder receive a timely and correct diagnosis followed by appropriate treatment may prove cost effective. To accomplish this, employer-sponsored health plans should have adequate resources to provide treatment to employees and dependents with bipolar disorder and use evidence-based guidelines to treat the disorder. Increasing awareness of bipolar disorder through education and training in the workplace or the establishment of employee assistance programs may help link those with the disorder to treatment. The provision of reasonable workplace accommodations to employees with bipolar disorder may increase productivity, resulting in additional savings. The coordination of all health plan programs and related services provided to employees is an important consideration. By becoming knowledgeable about bipolar disorder and its treatments, employers can better work with insurers, health management vendors, and intermediary organizations to provide worksite and health plan programs to assist their affected employees.
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U2 - 10.2165/00115677-200513040-00005
DO - 10.2165/00115677-200513040-00005
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:23744474920
VL - 13
SP - 267
EP - 280
JO - Disease Management and Health Outcomes
JF - Disease Management and Health Outcomes
SN - 1173-8790
IS - 4
ER -