News Finding: Robinson also recommends taking brief respites from your day to meditate, go for a walk or go outside for lunch - "don't be a desk potato," he says.
Paper Finding: We find that more than 120,000 deaths per year and approximately 5-8% of annual healthcare costs are associated with and may be attributable to how U.S. companies manage their work force.
News Context: Be honest, particularly if your health is suffering as a result of workplace stress. By eliminating roadblocks within you, such as pessimism or a tendency to complain frequently about your problems, Robinson says you can better manage the pressure and not let your stress affect those around you. Robinson also recommends taking brief respites from your day to meditate, go for a walk or go outside for lunch - "don't be a desk potato," he says.
Paper Context: Specifically, the model separately derives optimistic and conservative estimates of the effect of multiple workplace exposures on health, and uses optimization to calculate upper and lower bounds around each estimate, which accounts for the correlation between exposures. We find that more than 120,000 deaths per year and approximately 5-8% of annual healthcare costs are associated with and may be attributable to how U.S. companies manage their work force. Our results suggest that more attention should be paid to management practices as important contributors to health outcomes and costs in the U.S..