Depression and anxiety in working adults: the costs and outcomes of working while ill

抑郁症和焦虑症在工作人群中很常见，成本也很高。个人可以在生病期间继续工作或请假。这项研究将评估这两种情景的经济成本和健康结果，使用现有和已公布的数据来开发描述性模型。我们从个人、雇主和社会的角度考虑谁付费、谁受益，以便为政策制定、管理实践和临床护理提供信息。

Depressive and anxiety disorders are common in the working population and costly. Individuals can continue working while ill or take an absence from work. This study will evaluate the economic cost and health outcomes of these two scenarios, using existing and published data to develop descriptive models. We consider who pays and who benefits from the perspective of the individual, their employer and society, to inform policy making, management practices, and clinical care.