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Do employee health management programs work?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19288852     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Current peer review literature clearly documents the economic return and Return-on-Investment (ROI) for employee health management (EHM) programs. These EHM programs are defined as: health promotion, self-care, disease management, and case management programs. The evaluation literature for the sub-set of health promotion and disease management programs is examined in this article for specific evidence of the level of economic return in medical benefit cost reduction or avoidance. The article identifies the methodological challenges associated with determination of economic return for EHM programs and summarizes the findings from 23 articles that included 120 peer review study results. The article identifies the average ROI and percent health plan cost impact to be expected for both types of EHM programs, the expected time period for its occurrence, and caveats related to its measurement.
Authors:
Seth Serxner; Daniel Gold; Angela Meraz; Ann Gray
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of health promotion : AJHP     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0890-1171     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Health Promot     Publication Date:    2009 Mar-Apr
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-03-17     Completed Date:  2009-04-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8701680     Medline TA:  Am J Health Promot     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1-8, iii     Citation Subset:  T    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Disease Management
Employer Health Costs
Health Benefit Plans, Employee / economics,  organization & administration*
Health Promotion / economics,  organization & administration*
Humans
Occupational Health*

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