April 24, 2012 
At the World Health Care Congress (WHCC), one of the presenters was making a great case for why employers want to continue to be involved in healthcare. Their point was that the costs of presenteeism and absenteeism are significant and make health a bigger issue than simply the obvious medical and pharmacy claims costs. (In one study, presenteeism costs alone were more than medical costs.)
While absenteeism costs are obvious as in sick days paid out, presenteeism is harder to estimate but can have significant costs. Presenteeism occurs when people come to work sick and are not productive.
I’m sure there are numerous methodologies out there, but I found this one that seemed simple and gave me some data by condition on both factors.
Enabling Healthy Decisions 
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