• DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0626
Corpus ID: 4497979

Workplace wellness programs can generate savings.

@article{Baicker2010WorkplaceWP,
  title={Workplace wellness programs can generate savings.},
  author={Katherine Baicker and D. Cutler and Z. Song},
  journal={Health affairs},
  year={2010},
  volume={29 2},
  pages={
          304-11
        }
}

Katherine Baicker, D. Cutler, Z. Song

Published 2010

Medicine

Health affairs

Amid soaring health spending, there is growing interest in workplace disease prevention and wellness programs to improve health and lower costs. In a critical meta-analysis of the literature on costs and savings associated with such programs, we found that medical costs fall by about $3.27 for every dollar spent on wellness programs and that absenteeism costs fall by about $2.73 for every dollar spent. Although further exploration of the mechanisms at work and broader applicability of the… CONTINUE READING

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