Wellness as a Business Strategy

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Wellness as a Business Strategy

• Steven Aldana, Ph.D.
• CEO WellSteps

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U.S. Health Care as a Percentage of the GDP
Today 16 of GDP
US Military uses 3.2
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Employer Health Benefits 2005 Annual Survey
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Nobody spends someone else's money as carefully
as he spends his own
Milton Friedman
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Percent of Chronic Diseases That Are Caused by
Poor Lifestyle
91
82
71
70
Sources Stampfer, 2000 Platz, 2000 Hu, 2001
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The Bottom Line
Unhealthy behaviors
Health risks
Chronic disease
Health care costs
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XZY company-1000 covered lives
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XZY company-1000 covered lives
Impact of Wellness
Impact of all other cost drivers
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• Pharmaceutical companies
• Malpractice and law suits
• High tech equipment
• Medical profession salaries
• Administration
• Waste/fraud

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Employee Population Health Management
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
25
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
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Well
Risk
Disease
Urgent
5
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
60
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
10
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
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Portion of Total Health Care Costs Caused by
Chronic Diseases
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
10
60
5
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Top 15 of employees with disease 85 of costs
The rest 15 of costs
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Disease
25
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Disease
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59 Turnover
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Well
Risk
Urgent
Disease
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Urgent
5
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Risk
60
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Well
10
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Who Needs Help Adopting and Maintain Healthy
Behaviors?
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Who Needs Help Adopting and Maintain Healthy
Behaviors?
90
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1,500-3,500 in Excess Claims for Each
Additional Health Risk
Source Dee Edington, Health Management Research
Center
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Average 1997-1999 Medical Care Costs
N43,687
Source StayWell Health Management
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