“The connection between health and productivity at work is intuitively obvious but has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of either researchers or corporate financial officers. Ronald Kessler and Paul Stang help to bridge the usual gap between research and the marketplace with the help of a top-notch group of the best ‘real-world’ investigators obtainable—all in the cause of making the case that employee health should be treated as an investment in business performance—thus creating the new discipline of health and productivity management.”--Sean Sullivan, president and CEO, Institute for Health and Productivity Management

Sean Sullivan | Institute for Health and Productivity Management

“This work is an important step in laying both the theoretical and practical framework for health as an investment. Linking employee health status to business-relevant outcomes of absence, presenteeism and lost productivity is critical to this new paradigm.”--Thomas Parry, president, Integrated Benefits Institute

 

Thomas Parry | Integrated Benefits Institute

“In this current environment of sweeping health benefit reductions and employee cost shifting, Ronald Kessler, Paul Stang, and others are in search of a different path forward. In this volume, contributors make the compelling case for Corporate America to think about health care as an investment to be managed rather than a cost to be controlled. A two-step strategy is proposed: measure the direct and indirect costs of employee illness and then target needed investments in workforce health and productivity programs. The employer community would be wise to follow this prescription starting by reading this important contribution to the field of worksite health and productivity.”--Andrew Webber, president and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health

 

Andrew Webber | National Business Coalition on Health

“In this original work, contributors provide motivation for a change in perspective from the provision of medical care as a benefit only to one that is a tool for investing in worker productivity. They then provide the substantial research necessary to set up such an investment and monitoring system.”<Jody Sindelar, School of Public Health, Yale University>

Jody Sindelar | School of Public Health, Yale University