"...a second high-profile trial in Gothenburg, at a surgery unit at Sahlgrenska University hospital, also recently reported increased productivity and a reducti

"...a second high-profile trial in Gothenburg, at a surgery unit at Sahlgrenska University hospital, also recently reported increased productivity and a reduction in sick leave, although labour costs have gone up there too." The issue in both cases is, understandably, labor costs. But couldn't the data be interpreted as indicating that labor cost savings are realized by lowering quality of care? I mean employee health and well-being may not be the concern of the organization but clearly they could be connected directly to the bottom line. Burning through employees entails not-insignificant costs even in industries composed primarily of un-/low-skilled labor, does it not?