Sustained economic value of a wellness and disease prevention program: An 8-year longitudinal evaluation

Population Health Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-99

  Schwartz, Steven M ^a,b   Mason, Shawn T ^a,c   Wang, Chun ^a   Pomana, Lidia ^a   Hyde Nolan, Maren E ^a,d   Carter, Eli W ^a  

^a Wellness and Prevention Inc Johnson and Johnson Co   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898451898     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2013.0042     Document Type: Article

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