title: Does employee fitness decrease employee absenteeism and medical cost?
abstract: In recent years American have become increasingly interested in physical fitness and optimum health care. Health care is big business in the United States. American industry has lead the nation in a quest for wellness by establishing wellness programs for it's employees. This article will attempt to determine: 1) if employees on a fitness program facilitate cost containment for industry when compared to employees not participating in a fitness program; and 2) if employees on a fitness program experience reduced absenteeism due to health reasons and reduced medical costs compared to employees not participating in a fitness program.
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics*; D007221:Industry; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D010809:Physical Fitness; D014481:United States