Report 3 - Exploring the Link Between Work-Life
Conflict and Demands on Canada's Health Care System
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Report Three: Exploring the Link Between Work-Life Conflict and Demands
on Canada's Health Care System was prepared by Dr. Chris
Higgins, Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, University
of Western Ontario, Dr. Linda Duxbury, Professor,
Sprott School of Business, Carleton University and Karen Johnson,
PhD Candidate, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, for
the Healthy Communities Division, Public Health Agency of Canada. The
opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not
necessarily reflect the views of Health Canada.
Funded by Health Canada.
Report Three:
Dr. Chris Higgins, Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business,
University of Western Ontario |
Dr. Linda Duxbury, Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton
University |
Karen Johnson, PhD Candidate, Sprott School of Business, Carleton
University |
March 2004
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Appendices
List of Tables
- Table 1: Health-Related Costs of Work-Life Conflict
- Table 2: Summary of Between-Group Differences in Health Outcomes
- Table E1: Costs of Work-Life Conflict: Physician Visits
- Table E2: Costs of Work-Life Conflict: Inpatient Hospital Stays
- Table E3: Costs of Work-Life Conflict: Emergency Room Visits
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Theoretical Framework
- Figure 2: Perceived Health for Total Sample
- Figure 3: Impact of Work-Life Conflict on Perceived Health
- (a) Percentage who say health is very good/excellent
- (b) Percent who say health is fair/poor
- Figure 4: Percent of Respondents Using Different Facets of the Health
Care System
- (a) Visits to Physician, Use of Emergency Department, Medical
Tests on Outpatient Basis
- (b) Inpatient Hospital Stays, Visits to Mental Halth Professionals
- (c) Visits to Other Health Care Professionals
- Figure 5: Impact of High Role Overload on Use of Canada's Health
Care System
- Figure 6: Impact of High Work to Family Interference on Use of Canada's
Health Care System
- Figure 7: Impact of High Family to Work Interference on Use of Canada's
Health Care System
- Figure 8: Impact of High Caregiver Strain on Use of Canada's Health
Care System
- Figure 9: Three Perspectives on the Economic Costs of Work-Related
Stress
- Figure 10: Amount Spent on Prescription Drugs in a Six-Month Period
- Figure 11: Impact of Work-Life Conflict on Prescription Drug Use
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