Employee wellness programs: a strategy for increasing participation

J Health Care Mark. 1990 Dec;10(4):22-30.

Abstract

Employee wellness programs can bring dramatic reductions in organizational health insurance premiums. However, employee participation in such programs is voluntary and averages only about 20% within sponsoring companies. Higher participation rates could be achieved by using a marketing approach. The authors illustrate a consumer-oriented marketing approach that examines the influences on employees' decisions to participate in employee wellness programs.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Community Participation / psychology*
  • Health Promotion / statistics & numerical data*
  • Marketing of Health Services / methods*
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Occupational Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
  • Organizational Culture
  • Planning Techniques
  • United States