Long-term return on investment of an employee health enhancement program at a Midwest utility company from 1999 to 2007

International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-96

  Yen, Louis ^a   Schultz, Alyssa B ^a   Schaefer, Cindy ^b   Bloomberg, Susan ^c   Edington, Dee W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Energy Corporation   (United States)

^c Take Care Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Long term planning; Occupational health and safety; Return on investment; United States of America

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORICAL TREND ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME PERIOD ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 77954768024     PISSN: 17538351     EISSN: 1753836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538351011054998     Document Type: Article

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