| Coercive financial incentives produce short-lived results at best OpposingArgument1 #392284
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- CitationsAdd new citationList by: CiterankMapLink[1] How Healthy Are Employer Wellness Programs?
Author: Ted Kyle
Publication info: 2015, Focus on Obesity In The Workplace, CONDUIT Spring 2015
Cited by: David Price 7:49 AM 15 May 2015 GMT
Citerank: (3) 352718Invest in employee health and wellbeingEncourage organisations to invest employee health and wellbeing; including a health risk assessment and the provision of resources to help employees address the factors that pose the greatest risk to their health and wellness. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]565CA4D9, 399548Invest in employee health and wellbeingEncourage organisations to invest employee health and wellbeing; including a health risk assessment and the provision of resources to help employees address the factors that pose the greatest risk to their health and wellness. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]565CA4D9, 399628Coercive financial incentives produce short-lived results at best13EF597B
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| Excerpt / Summary Whatever effort and money might be going into financial incentives for health improvement will likely prove to be a waste. At best, in the U.S., it seems to be a tool for shifting costs onto people with chronic diseases.
These resources would be much better spent on reducing workplace factors that promote obesity and improving access to the full range of evidence-based treatments for obesity.
The employers that are pursuing this path—and many are—will succeed with a healthier, more productive workforce and better retention of talented employees.
Those that pursue a more adversarial path, coercing employees to participate through financial rewards and penalties, may find that it provides only short-lived results. |