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Table 7 Overall cost of mental illness (UK)

From: Mental health: the new frontier for labour economics

At work

% of working hours lost

Non-employment

4.4

Absenteeism

1.1

Presenteeism

2.0

 

7.5

Healthcare

% of GDP

Mental healthcare

1.5

Physical healthcare

0.8

 

2.3

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