The association between insomnia severity and healthcare and productivity costs in a health plan sample (original) (raw)

Insomnia is a chronic condition with significant burden on health care and productivity costs. Despite this recognized burden, very few studies have examined associations between insomnia severity and healthcare and productivity costs. A retrospective study linking health claims data with a telephone survey of members of a health plan in the Midwestern region of the United States. The total healthcare costs study sample consisted of 2086 health plan members who completed the survey and who had complete health claims data. The productivity costs sample consisted of 1329 health plan members who worked for pay-a subset of the total healthcare costs sample. Subjects' age, gender, demographic variables, comorbidities, and total health care costs were ascertained using health claims. Insomnia severity and lost productivity related variables were assessed using telephone interview. Compared with the no insomnia group, mean total healthcare costs were 75% larger in the group with modera...