What Is Insomnia Costing You?

33% of U.S. employees or healthplan members have at least one symptom of insomnia almost every night.

Annually, accidents, medicine, and lost productivity cost billions of dollars due to lack of sleep. But now there’s an effective and affordable solution called Sleep Easily®. The Sleep Easily® method has helped thousands of people and can help you (or your company) reduce risk and increase productivity.

Sleep Easily Method Helps Productivity

Cost of Insomnia to Employers

  • 60% higher mean total health care costs1
  • Twice the level of absenteeism2
  • Eight times the amount of work related accidents3
  • Reduced physical ability and productivity4
  • Higher cost of disability/worker’s comp1
  • Increased depression, cognitive impairment, anxiety5

Cost of insomnia to Healthcare payors

  • $1,253 of health care expenses per annum in younger adults6
  • $1,143 per annum in older adults6
  • Twice the amount of physician office visits6
  • Three times the amount of prescription medication use6
  • Hospitalized twice as often2
  • 60% higher mean total health services costs1
  • More emergency room visits8

There is a Simple Solution

To learn more about how Sleep Easily can create significant savings for you, contact us

Footnotes:

  1. Simon GE, VonKorff M. Prevalence, burden, and treatment of insomnia in primary care. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1997;154:1417-1423.
  2. Leger D, Guilleminault C, Bader G, Levey E, Palliard M. Medical and socio-professional impact of insomnia. Sleep 2002;25:625-9.
  3. Hillman DR, Murphy AS, Pezzullo L. The economic cost of sleep disorders. Sleep 2006;29:299-305.
  4. Walsh JK. Clinical and socioeconomic correlates of insomnia. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2004;65 (Suppl 8):13-19.
  5. Zammit GK, Weiner J, Damata N, et al. Quality of life in people with insomnia. Sleep 1999;22(Suppl 2):S379-S385.
  6. Ozminkowski, RJ, Wang s, Walsh JK. The direct and indirect costs of untreated insomnia in adults in the United States. Sleep 2007; 30 (3):263-273.
  7. Brook RA, Kleinman NL, Melkonian AK, Doan JF, Baran RW. Cost of illness for insomnia: medical, pharmacy, and work absence costs in employees with or without insomnia. Sleep 2007; 30(suppl):A246
  8. Hatoum HT, Kong SX, Kania CM, Wong JM, Mendelson WB. Insomnia, health-related quality of life and healthcare resource consumption. A study of managed-care organisation enrollees. Pharmacoeconomics. 1998;14:629-637.

  • “Sleep Easily is terrific. I appreciate how organized and thorough you are, and the clear and precise instruction you give. I have listened to various other sleep recordings and yours is far more effective. My deepest thanks, Dr. Shane.” — Terry Ray, Ph.D.