News Finding: Researchers say 120,000 deaths a yr may be from stress related to the way U.S. companies manage their work forces:
  
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: Researchers say 120,000 deaths a yr may be from stress related to the way U.S. companies manage their work forces:
  
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..