Does Targeting Higher Health Risk Employees or Increasing Intervention Intensity Yield Savings in a Workplace Wellness Program?
J Occup Environ Med
; 57(12): 1257-61, 2015 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-26641821
OBJECTIVE: This article aims to test whether a workplace wellness program reduces health care cost for higher risk employees or employees with greater participation. METHODS: The program effect on costs was estimated using a generalized linear model with a log-link function using a difference-in-difference framework with a propensity score matched sample of employees using claims and program data from a large US firm from 2003 to 2011. RESULTS: The program targeting higher risk employees did not yield cost savings. Employees participating in five or more sessions aimed at encouraging more healthful living had about $20 lower per member per month costs relative to matched comparisons (Pâ=â0.002). CONCLUSIONS: Our results add to the growing evidence base that workplace wellness programs aimed at primary prevention do not reduce health care cost, with the exception of those employees who choose to participate more actively.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
Problema de salud:
1_financiamento_saude
Asunto principal:
Prevención Primaria
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Costos de la Atención en Salud
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Ahorro de Costo
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Análisis Costo-Beneficio
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Promoción de la Salud
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Servicios de Salud del Trabajador
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Implementation_research
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Occup Environ Med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article