# Integrated Benefits Institute

**Type:** Nonprofit research organization  
**Focus:** Employer health and productivity research  
**Funding:** Employers and benefits industry  
**Data source:** Employer benefits claims (commercially-insured workers)

## Overview

Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) conducts research on health-related productivity costs to US employers. Their data is drawn from employer benefits claims, representing commercially-insured workers who typically have better health outcomes than uninsured or Medicaid populations.

## Key Research

- **2025:** Poor health costs US employers $575 billion/year in productivity losses
- **Chronic condition prevalence:** 78% of US employees have at least one chronic condition (2025), up from 71% (2021)
- **Lost productivity:** 1.5 billion days annually, including 540 million workdays from chronic conditions
- **Cost breakdown:** $225.8B/year absenteeism (CDC), remainder presenteeism

## Timeline

- **2025-01-01** — Published updated employer productivity loss figure: $575B/year, up from previous $530B estimate
- **2025-01-01** — Reported 78% chronic condition prevalence among US employees, 7 percentage point increase since 2021