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The financial impact of health education and the effect on absenteeism.
‘... business benefits that the firms in the 55 UK case studies reviewed [were] directly or indirectly linked to their wellness programmes…’
‘…programme costs can quickly be translated into financial benefits, either through cost savings or additional revenue generation…’
UK Government Department for Work & Pensions - Health Work Wellbeing Executive commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Building the case for wellness.
‘... wellness program participation was associated with large reductions in employee absenteeism’.
Aldana, S. G., R. M. Merrill, et al. (2005). "Financial impact of a comprehensive multisite workplace health promotion program." Preventive Medicine 40(2): 131–137.
‘Company employees benefited from meaningful reductions in rates of obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, tobacco use, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. Average annual per employee savings were $565 in 2009 dollars, producing a return on investment equal to a range of $1.88—$3.92 saved for every dollar spent on the program’.
Rachel M. Henke, Ron Z. Goetzel, Janice McHugh and Fik Isaac (2011)."Recent Experience In Health Promotion At Johnson & Johnson: Lower Health Spending, Strong Return On Investment Health Affairs". 30, no.3 (2011):490-499
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/3/490.full.pdf+html
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