The Price of Absence: Productivity Costs and Sickness-Absence Episodes Attributable to Mental and Behavioral Disorders in the Brazilian Federal Workforce – A Nationwide Time-Series Study (2012-2024)

CONCLUSIONS: MDs impose a substantial and persistent burden of productivity costs on the Brazilian federal public service, with rising sickness-leave episode rates over the period and pronounced gender, educational, and regional disparities, requiring targeted, equity-oriented occupational health policies.

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