Medical care savings from workplace wellness programs: What is a realistic savings potential?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-9

  Bolnick, Howard ^a   Millard, Francois ^a   Dugas, Jonathan P ^a  

^a VITALITY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; WORKPLACE WELLNESS PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873078805     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31827db98f     Document Type: Article

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