Maximized Living Coporate Programs
Of the $5000 per employee the average employer spent on health care in 2001, more than 95% was spent on diagnosis and treatment, with maybe 2-3% being invested in early detection (screenings) and no more than 1-2% in prevention. This reactive approach persists despite evidence that up to 50% of health care expenditures are life-style related and therefore potentially preventable.
Source: David Anderson, PhD reporting in Wellness Councils of America's Absolute Advantage 2003
At DuPont, each dollar invested in workplace health promotion yielded $1.42 in lower absenteeism costs over a 2 year period.
Source: American Journal of Public Health, September 1990
To prevent back injuries among its employees, a county in California offered classes and fitness training to all it’s workers. As a result, there was a significant decrease in sick days related to back injuries, producing a net cost-benefit ratio of 1 to 1.79..
Source: WELCOA – 1999
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced turnover
- Reduce health-care costs
- Reduced workers compensation claims
- Reduced short and long term disability
- Reduced presenteeism (working while sick and infecting others)
By actively engaging your employees in their own health and well-being companies have found that they can:
- Improve attendance
- Improve health
- Improve productivity
- Improve communication among employees
- Build loyalty
- Create a healthier bottom line
Our country is facing a health crisis. The costs of healthcare are cutting into the bottom-line of nearly every employer. Studies across the US indicate that our employee populations are at risk:
- 80% have back pain
- 78% are considered “stressed”
- 50% describe moderate stress
- 64% are overweight
- 41% have heart or blood vessel disease
- 35% are overweight by 20% or more
- 49% have high cholesterol
- 25% have high blood pressure
- 60% sit continuously the entire day at work
- 25% smoke
- 10% suffer from alcohol or drug problems
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Please contact our Corporate and Community Outreach Program office at: 817-232-2240
A few of the companies who have taken advantage of our outreach program are:
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Maximized Living Health Centers can help you to help your employees to help themselves. This is a part of our Doctors commitment to the communities in which we live and work. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how our programs, most of which arecompletely free(our thirty day program requires a small fee for materials), can make a difference in the lives of your executives, your employees, and in our community.
