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"Wellness and health promotion programs should be evaluated on their success in lowering health risks and improving poor health behaviors as well as improving an individual's well being. Employees with high risks (i.e. smoking, obesity, alcohol use, etc. cost more than low-risk employees did in terms of medical claims. Physically active employees are $391/year less expensive than inactive workers."
American Journal of Health Promotion, July 1992
"Healthy companies meet the pressing demand for new products and services by fostering creativity and collaborative work. Healthy companies more capably maintain customer relationships because employees earn and experience communications, intimate support and real empathy with customers. Because people are choosing firms more for the culture they have created than for the pay package they are providing, healthy companies attract and recruit the best and the brightest."
Julie Meeks, CEO Haelan Group, Business & Health, February 1999
"Within two years of beginning a wellness program, the Kearney Orthopedic and Fracture Clinic in Kearney, Nebraska, began to see financial gains through a slowing rate of increase in its insurance rates."
Nation's Business, February 1997
"An analysis of the FitWorks health program in place at Pacific Bell, showed that in various years the program returned from $2.20 to $3 in savings for each dollar spent, resulting in annual savings of over $5 million."
Business & Health, February 1999
At 1994 random sample of North Colorado Medical Center employees who set goals for being active in their own health care was compared to a similar size group of non-goal setters. Those who participated spent $40 dollars less for every dollar spent on health care claims when compared to the non-goal setters.
AAOHN Journal, September 1996
"The Coors Brewing Company estimated an average return of $6.15 for every dollar invested in its wellness program. Their total health care costs decreased 6.4% in 1993, compared with a national average increase of 8.9%"
Financial executive, March/April 1995
University of Michigan Health Management Research Center findings validates the relationship between increasing Wellness Scores {using Health Risk Appraisal date} and decreasing medical costs.
20-Year Cost Benefit Analysis and Review, UM-HMRC, 1999
In a recent study at First Chicago NBD, employees with a high body mass index (BMI) were shown to be more likely to have other health risks than those without a high BMI. Mean health care costs for the BMI at-risk population was $6,822 as compared to $4,496 for the not-at-risk population.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, September 1998
Tenneco compared the medical care utilization rates for its exercising employees to its non-exercisers. Participants had lower non-hospital costs and fewer sick hours.
American Journal of Health Promotion, September/October 1993
"Although the effects of smoking cessation and changes in dietary habits have been the focus of a number of the larger worksite studies that focused on multiple risk factors, physical activity may serve as an important means of facilitating behavior change in both dietary and smoking behaviors."
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, July 1999
Don't take our word for it
"Thanks for your presentation last night, it was well received by all. If I am not mistaken, the energy level in the room increased following all taking part in the stretches you introduced us to. So we are on track! "
A. Momentoff Human Resource Dapaco/Conference Cup Ltd
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