People who don't sleep enough are more likely to die at any given point in time. And that obviously reduces the labor supply of an economy. If people don't sleep enough they are less productive at work, which subsequently also has negative consequences for companies.
The UK loses hundreds of thousands of working days due to insufficient sleep, costing the economy £40bn each year.
Senior Economist
Source: Financial Times
Later school start times are the one intervention that evidence has shown could make a demonstrable impact on reducing the epidemic of teen sleep deprivation. We need good parenting and we need good policy.
Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist
Source: WGN-AM
The impact of tiny investments can be dramatic. A 1 percentage point increase in social spending would add up to 16 million additional years of life across the whole U.S. population.
Research Leader
Source: Politico
Independent of whether you need a bit more sleep or a bit less sleep, anything below six hours a night for the normal person is associated with negative consequences in terms of health and productivity.
Senior Economist
Source: BBC World Service
One of the things that came out quite strongly in the [Healthiest Workplace] survey are some significant mental health concerns in Malaysia, with about 1 in 6, 1 in 7 of the respondents reporting back to us that they might have symptoms of anxiety disorder or depression.
Vice President, RAND Europe
Source: BFM 89.9
When we delay [school] start times, we see an increase in attendance rates. We also see an increase in graduation rates. This has a direct impact on their lifetime earnings.
Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist
Source: NPR
We need to be careful about seeing ‘telephone first’ as a panacea: while it increases control over GP’s daily workload it does not necessarily decrease consulting time.
Research Leader
Source: Spotlight on 2017
If people who currently sleep less than six hours began to sleep six to seven hours instead, this could add billions of dollars to national economies. It would also help to reduce the risk of individual health problems in the future.
Senior Economist
Source: Thrive Global
No one is arguing that there aren't multiple causes of adolescent sleep loss. However, school start times are the only policy-level issue that has been identified as directly contributing to the problem.
Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist
Source: Slate
A small change [in school start time] could result in big economic benefits over a short period of time for the U.S. In fact, the level of benefit and period of time it would take to recoup the costs from the policy change is unprecedented in economic terms.
Senior Economist
Source: RAND News Release
Someone who sleeps less than 6 hours compared to someone who sleeps 7 to 9 hours misses on average about 6 days more ... and this obviously has an effect on the economy because they don't deliver their productive capacity for their companies.
Senior Economist
Source: Reuters TV
A lack of sleep can have expensive national and even global economic consequences. On a smaller scale, this translates into negative impacts on the bottom line of businesses.
Senior Economist
Source: Thrive Global
If those who sleep under six hours a night increase their sleep to between six and seven hours a night, this could add £24 billion to the UK economy.
Senior Economist
Source: RAND News Release
As the threat of AMR grows, it is vital that the EC continues to play a leading role in addressing the problem and building on its 'One Health' approach. There is still plenty of work to be done across the many different areas that are affected by AMR, but the EC's Action Plan has made a solid start and laid important foundations for further global action.
Associate Research Group Director, RAND Europe
Source: E!Sharp
We need to be better at reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics and being aware of the fact that this is a problem for human medicine but also in animal health, and we need to reduce the use of antibiotics to treat animals.
Associate Research Group Director, RAND Europe
Source: WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio
The fact that world leaders are using the UN as a forum for discussions about AMR is a promising move, particularly if it results in a coordinated global response to addressing the issue.
Associate Research Group Director, RAND Europe
Source: The RAND Blog
I don't think anyone thinks that the [body-worn] cameras are some kind of panacea for policing issues or paramedics issues ... It's attached to a person, so it matters what the person is doing and how that person is reacting.
Research Leader
Source: BBC Radio
There seems to be unrealised potential in using quality of life assessment tools and measures as an aid in clinical decision making.
Senior Research Leader
Source: News Release
Regardless of who provides the funding, medical research is highly beneficial to the whole of society. Health care is improved and scientific knowledge advanced, of course, but the economy also benefits.
Chief Economist
Source: The RAND Blog
Failing to address the threat [of antimicrobial resistance] will become not only a challenge for modern healthcare systems, but also a major global economic burden.
Policy Analyst
Source: The RAND Blog
While everyone agrees with the need for effective regulation for health care providers, few observers ask if regulation produces better quality of care over time.
Vice President, RAND Europe
Source: The RAND Blog
For alcohol and smoking, interventions were shown to be largely ineffective. The overall percentage of company employees benefiting from them is often as small as 1 per cent or less.
Analyst
Source: The Telegraph
What we're seeing in South Africa is that about 11.4% of working days are lost due to suboptimal health outcomes — about 25 days per worker.
Vice President, RAND Europe
Source: CNBC Africa
Improving the employment outcomes of those with common mental health problems is a complex issue and there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution.
Vice President, RAND Europe
Source: Psychological Wellbeing and Work
