Table 4 Sensitivity analysis of the opportunity cost of clinically important breathlessness: workforce participation, chronic breathlessness and average annual income from a random sample of working aged, community-dwelling respondents in South Australia (n = 6064; unweighted data) varied by prevalence of chronic breathlessness, proportion of these people in full- or part-time work and by income
From: Lower workforce participation is associated with more severe persisting breathlessness
Full-time (AU$ bn) | Part-time (AU$ bn) | Total (AU$ bn) | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence of mMRC 2–4 among Australian working age population | ||||
Baseline (2.1%) | 9.1 | 1.6 | 10.7 | Current sample |
Sensitivity 1 (9.8%) | 42.4 | 7.3 | 49.7 | Poulos et al |
Proportion of mMRC 2–4 in full and part-time workforce | ||||
Sensitivity 3 (Increase by 10% (11.2%)) | 8.8 | 1.5 | 10.3 | Expert advice |
Baseline (10.2%) | 9.1 | 1.6 | 10.7 | Current sample |
Sensitivity 4 (Decrease by 10% (9.2%)) | 9.3 | 1.7 | 11.0 | Expert advice |
Average weekly income | ||||
Sensitivity 5 (National minimum wage AU$772.60/38 h week) | 4.8 | 1.1 | 5.9 | Fairwork Australia [35] |
Baseline (AU$1,463/week for full-time and AU$577/week for part-time) | 9.1 | 1.6 | 10.7 | Australian Bureau of Statistics [34] |