Rising Interest in Health Programs
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Rising Interest in Health Programs
Hewitt Associates, a national human-resources consulting firm, recently announced the results of a survey showing that most large U.S. employers offer health promotion and disease management programs to enhance or maintain the health of their workforce and address rising health care costs.

The survey of 960 large employers found that 95% of surveyed organizations offer some form of health promotion program, an increase of 7% since 1995.

 

Trends in health promotion initiatives include:

  • 75% of employers provided or planned to provide disease management/condition management programs to employees in 2003. (Conditions covered by these programs most typically include asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease.)

  • 29% offer health risk appraisals, during which employees are asked to complete health history questionnaires. (Health risk appraisals are increasingly being used as a referral mechanism for condition management or other health promotion initiatives.)

  • 71% offer education and training programs to encourage employees to assume greater responsibility for their health choices and to promote a healthy lifestyle. Many of these programs are available via an Internet or intranet site.

  • 80% of surveyed employers offer special programs such as flu vaccinations, prenatal care, well baby/child care or a nurse hotline, up from 68% in 1996.