Effects of a corporate sponsored fitness program on health care costs : a comparison of users and nonusers

Employee health promotion - Economic aspects;Medical care;Cost of

Black, Michael W.Wilson, P. K. ;

University of Wisconsin

关键词: Employee health promotion - Economic aspects;    Medical care;    Cost of;   

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瑞士|英语

来源: University of Wisconsin

【 摘 要 】

The sample of 3,974 employees of Apple Computer were divided into male (n = 2,088)and female (n = 1,886) groups and then further categorized according to age and thedegree of participation in the Apple Health and Fitness Program. Mean age for males was34.5 years +/- 7.55, while the mean age for females was 34.7 years +/- 7.58. The mean health care cost was $1,053.8 +/- 3,705 for males and $1,420.0 +/- 4,168.1 for females.Participation was measured over an 11 month testing period and divided into 4 subgroupheadings: no use, low use, moderate use, and high use. Rather than use overall healthcare means, independent age group means were used to assign cost status. Afterskewness and kurtosis measurements determined that the sample was not normallydistributed, chi-square tests were applied to locate statistical significance, In both malesand females, chi-square tests examined differences in high and low cost status for thesubjects within a particular age group. For both male and female subjects no significantdifferences were found within the age and participation subgroups (p > .05). The samesubjects and age groups were then categorized into just 2 usage groups: user andnonuser. No significant difference was found among male users and the nonusers withinthe three age groups (p > .05). Meanwhile, a significant difference was found in females31 to 40 years old and females 41 and older (p < .05). In females 31 to 40 the nonuserswere found to have significantly lower medical costs while the opposite was true forfemales over 41 years of age.