Report 3 - Exploring the Link Between Work-Life
Conflict and Demands on Canada's Health Care System
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Our mission is to help the people of Canada maintain and improve
their health.
Health Canada
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