School of Public Health, Harvard University, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Feb;29(2):304-11. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0626. Epub 2010 Jan 14.
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 findings is needed, this return on investment suggests that the wider adoption of such programs could prove beneficial for budgets and productivity as well as health outcomes.
在医疗支出不断飙升的情况下，人们越来越关注工作场所疾病预防和健康计划，以改善健康状况和降低成本。在对与这些计划相关的成本和节约的文献进行的关键性荟萃分析中，我们发现，每花费 1 美元用于健康计划，医疗费用就会降低约 3.27 美元，旷工成本就会降低约 2.73 美元。虽然需要进一步探索其中的作用机制和更广泛地应用这些发现，但这种投资回报表明，更广泛地采用这些计划可能会对预算和生产力以及健康结果都有益处。
