Impacts of workplace health promotion and wellness programs on health care utilization and costs: results from an academic workplace

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• Personal Author:
  Cavanaugh K ; Dement, John M. ; Epling C ; Joyner J
• Description:
  Objective: This study evaluated the impacts of a long-standing workplace health promotion (HP) program on health care utilization and costs and estimated return on investment (ROI). Methods: Analyses used a retrospective, observational cohort design based on 7 years (2005 to 2011) of health claims and HP program participation data for 3829 HP participants and 6617 controls. Inverse propensity score-weighted mixed-model regression methods were used to balance employee demographics and comorbidities by study arm. Results: Mean monthly health care costs were $35 less for HP participants compared with controls, and results were robust based on sensitivity analyses. ROI was estimated to be $2.53 for every dollar spent on the HP program. Conclusions: Results support a positive impact of HP program participation with regard to reduced health care utilization and costs and a positive ROI. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Demography Education Health Promotion Morbidity Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Demographic-characteristics Disease-prevention Health-care Health-programs Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Morbidity-rates Statistical-analysis Surveillance Work-environment Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046969
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Nov; 57(11):1159-1169
• Contact Point Address:
  John M. Dement, PhD, Professor, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2200W. Main Street, Suite 400, Durham, NC 27705
• Email:
  John.Dement@Duke.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100601
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20150531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202216/cdc_202216_DS1.pdf
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