Adherence
A comprehensive, multi-tiered well-being improvement strategy (WBIS) implemented alongside a Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP) leads to statistically significant longitudinal improvements in individual well-being, reduced health care costs, lower obesity and smoking rates, and increased productivity.
If your organization is shifting to a high-deductible health plan, do not just change the insurance. Implement a comprehensive well-being strategy that includes health assessments, coaching, and diverse fitness options. This approach can simultaneously improve employee well-being, reduce health care costs, and boost productivity, countering the negative effects of cost-shifting.
The results show that individual well-being was significantly associated with each outcome and in the expected direction... The firm’s strategy was successful in driving statistically significant, longitudinal well-being, biometric and productivity improvements, and health care cost reduction.
Why this rating
Observational longitudinal study with strong controls (repeated measures, demographic covariates) but lacks a randomized control group and has potential conflict of interest (authors employed by the implementing company).
Source
The Value of a Well-Being Improvement Strategy
Xiaobo Guo et al. · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 2015
DOI 10.1097/jom.0000000000000540
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