Indirect Costs (Society/Employers)

II.H.2

Lead Author(s):

Charles G. Helmick, MD, CDC Team

Supporting Author(s):

Sylvia I. Watkins-Castillo, PhD

Indirect costs as used in this report reflects estimates of earnings losses for people with a work history who are unable to work because of a medical condition. It does not reflect supplemental measures such as reduced productivity, worker replacement, or early retirement due to medical conditions.

Indirect costs are not estimated for the broad category of arthritis and joint pain.

Edition:

2014

Osteoarthritis and Allied Disorders

IV.H.2.1

Lead Author(s):

Charles G. Helmick, MD, CDC Team

Supporting Author(s):

Sylvia I. Watkins-Castillo, PhD

For total earnings losses, mean per-person earnings losses attributed to osteoarthritis and allied disorders averaged $7,548 per year in 2008 to 2011. Aggregate earnings losses for the 16.1 million people in the workforce with osteoarthritis and allied disorders in the United States averaged $122 billion in each of the years 2008 to 2011.

For incremental medical expenditures, mean per-person earnings losses attributed to osteoarthritis and allied disorders averaged $4,951 per year in 2008 to 2011. Aggregate earnings losses for the United States due to osteoarthritis and allied disorders averaged $80 billion in each of the years 2008 to 2011.

Combining direct and indirect costs for osteoarthritis and allied disorders sums to total average costs of $461 billion, with incremental costs of $142 billion. (Reference Table 10.13 PDF [1] CSV [2])

Edition:

2014

Rheumatoid Arthritis

IV.H.2.2

Lead Author(s):

Charles G. Helmick, MD, CDC Team

Supporting Author(s):

Sylvia I. Watkins-Castillo, PhD

For total earnings losses, mean per-person earnings losses attributed to rheumatoid arthritis averaged $13,886 per year in 2008 to 2011. Aggregate earnings losses for the estimated 900,000 persons in the workforce with rheumatoid arthritis in the United States averaged $12.3 billion per year in 2008 to 2011.

For incremental medical expenditures, mean per-person earnings losses attributed to rheumatoid arthritis averaged $8,684 per year in 2008 to 2011. Aggregate earnings losses for the United States due to rheumatoid arthritis averaged $7.7 billion in each of the years from 2008 to 2011.

Combining direct and indirect costs for rheumatoid arthritis sums to total costs of $30 billion, with incremental costs of $14.4 billion. (Reference Table 10.13 PDF [1] CSV [2])

Edition:

2014