lost productivity

collocation in English

meaningsoflostandproductivity

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lost
adjective
uk
/lɒst/us
/lɑːst/
not knowing where you are and how to get to ...
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productivity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌprɒd.ʌkˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ˌproʊ.dəkˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce ...
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(Definition oflostandproductivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Lostproductivityamong full-time workers with mental disorders.
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Lostproductivitycosts due to illness were estimated for the patient and family using the human capital approach and the friction method.
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The estimates of the cost-of-illness studies can also differ according to the method used to measurelostproductivitycosts.
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In contrast,lostproductivityconstitutes 85% or more of expected societal costs for persons who acquire their hearing loss during their working years.
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To estimate costs forlostproductivitydue to premature mortality and disability, we used a human capital approach (5).
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Direct healthcare costs were the greatest contributor to total costs, followed bylostproductivitycosts due to work absenteeism at both 6 and 12 months.
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Costs for nonroutine consultations, emergency medication, hospital stay, andlostproductivityof the patients decreased.
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In addition, indirect costs oflostproductivityhave not been included, which again could improve cost-effectiveness further from a societal perspective.
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This result will apply to any situation where an investment can be made that prevents the loss of productivity and restoreslostproductivity, a feature typical of soil conservation investments.
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In addition to direct medical costs,lostproductivityfor the patient and family (often referred to as indirect costs) have a substantial impact on the total cost-of-illness.
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The possibility of economically irreversible soil degradation has significant implications for the resilience of agricultural systems and for the design of policies aiming to prevent degradation or restorelostproductivity.
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That does not take into account the cost oflostproductivity.
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Those figures do not include the cost oflostproductivityof an employee taken out of the work environment.
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What is the cost oflostproductivityfrom ill health and other problems caused by dismal standards of heating?
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Human misery apart, disease involves heavy cost in terms of thelostproductivityof goods and services, and the cost of treatment.
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Those figures take no account of the cost oflostproductivityand employee time.
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Indeed, that figure takes no account of the other costs, such as redundancy payments, loss of indirect taxes, cost of special employment measures orlostproductivity.
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In addition, the cost to the economy is something in the region of 7 million working days a year, £70 million in sickness benefit and £400 million inlostproductivity.
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The costs to businesses in those countries (oflostproductivityand of replacement training) are very high—let alone all the costs of looking after suffering people.
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