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Barriers to implementation of workplace health interventions: an economic perspective
Martin Cherniack1, Supriya Lahiri
1Department of Medicine, Ergonomics Technology Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-6210, USA. cherniack@nso.uchc.edu
Objective:
To identify insurance related, structural, and workplace cultural barriers to the implementation of effective preventive and upstream clinical interventions in the working age adult population.
Methods:
Analysis of avoided costs from perspective of health economics theory and from empiric observations from large studies; presentation of data from our own cost-plus model on integrating health promotion and ergonomics.
Results:
We identify key avoided costs issues as a misalignment of interests between employers, insurers, service institutions, and government. Conceptual limitations of neoclassical economics are attributable to work culture and supply-driven nature of health care.
Discussion:
Effective valuation of avoided costs is a necessary condition for redirecting allocations and incentives. Key content for valuation models is discussed.
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