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Wendy D. Lynch
Researcher at Altarum Institute
Publications - 37
Citations - 2729
Wendy D. Lynch is an academic researcher from Altarum Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Health promotion. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 37 publications receiving 2506 citations. Previous affiliations of Wendy D. Lynch include University of Colorado Denver.
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Health, absence, disability, and presenteeism cost estimates of certain physical and mental health conditions affecting U.S. employers.
Ron Z. Goetzel,Stacey R. Long,Ronald J. Ozminkowski,Kevin Hawkins,Shaohung Wang,Wendy D. Lynch +5 more
TL;DR: Evidence about the total cost of health, absence, short-term disability, and productivity losses was synthesized for 10 health conditions and the overall economic burden of illness was highest for hypertension, heart disease, and depression and other mental illnesses.
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The relationship between health risks and work productivity.
TL;DR: Higher risks are strongly associated with greater productivity loss, and different risks are associated with absenteeism than with presenteeism.
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The Effect of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion on Workplace Productivity: A Literature Review:
TL;DR: This report was prepared by the Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the Institute for Health and Productivity Management as part of an effort to improve understanding of the connection between employee health and performance and to begin to identify new strategies through which treating health as an investment in human capital can lead to greater business success.
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Change in health risks and work productivity over time.
TL;DR: Reductions in health risks are associated with positive changes in work productivity and self-reported work productivity may have utility in the evaluation of health promotion programs.
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Impact of a facility-based corporate fitness program on the number of absences from work due to illness.
TL;DR: A significant interaction between participation and 1986 absences indicated that a member's decrease in absences depended both on how many absences the member had to begin with, and how much he or she participated.