Current trends in reducing cardiovascular risk factors in the United States: Focus on worksite health and wellness
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
Health care in the United States (US) is changing with a broad provision of health care services to every American due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) slated to begin in January of 2014. An important aspect of the ACA is that US companies may begin to offer health insurance incentives to employees for participating in health and wellness initiatives. Moreover, since US employers directly absorb many of the financial costs associated with the high degree of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors present in their personnel, employers may be financially vested in improving employee health. However, employers must also consider the costs of developing and maintaining programs to improve employee health and their return on investment (ROI). This review will identify key risk factors to address in a worksite health and wellness program and to examine the performance of such programs in improving CV risk factors and their ROI. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.
Publication Title
Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume
56
Issue
5
First Page
476
Last Page
483
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1016/j.pcad.2013.10.002
PubMed ID
24607011
ISSN
00330620
E-ISSN
18731740
Citation Information
Cahalin, Myers, J., Kaminsky, L., Briggs, P., Forman, D. E., Patel, M. J., Pinkstaff, S. O., & Arena, R. (2014). Current Trends in Reducing Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the United States: Focus on Worksite Health and Wellness. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 56(5), 476–483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2013.10.002