Market evolutions in health care and the emergence of employee wellness as a new product category.

Over the next decade employee wellness could grow to be the dominant specialty product in the health care industry. A number of market evolutions, both on the provider side (hospitals) and the receiver side (companies), have influenced this emergence of employee wellness as a substantial new product category. The product category is in the formative stages and in need of marketing contributions; this paper presents the origins of employee wellness as prerequisite information.