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Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
The US stands out among other wealthy democracies for lacking nationally
mandated paid sick leave. This leaves 23 percent of the nation's
workforce without a single paid sick day.
Yanlei Ma and coauthors examine a potential benefit of state paid sick
leave mandates
in reducing emergency department (ED) use. Using longitudinal ED data
from 2011 to 2019, the authors analyzed the impact of mandatory paid
sick leave on ED visit rates.
Ma and coauthors find that, "Paid sick leave mandates were associated
with a statistically significant decline of 5.7 ED visits per 1,000
population."
After breaking down the effects by age, payer, and condition, the
authors discovered that the reductions in total ED visit rate were
concentrated among Medicare patients.
Additionally, the authors find a potential spillover into pediatric ED
visits as parents with paid sick leave might be more likely to stay at
home with or seek care for their children. The authors indicate that
flexibility and enhanced access to care might reduce pediatric ED
visits.
Given the downstream benefits, Ma and coauthors propose mandatory paid
sick leave as a policy mechanism to reduce ED use and costs in the US.
You can listen to Yanlei Ma discuss the research in greater detail on
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State Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Associated With A Decline In Emergency
Department Use In The US, 2011-19
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How Federally Qualified Health Centers Can, And Should, Promote
Environmental Justice
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Federal Officials Suspend Georgia's Section 1332 Waiver
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