title: The Portion of Health Care Costs Associated With Lifestyle-Related Modifiable Health Risks Based on a Sample of 223,461 Employees in Seven Industries: The UM-HMRC Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study estimates the percent of health care costs associated with employees' modifiable health risks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional multivariate analysis of 223,461 employees from seven industries who completed a health risk assessment during 2007 to 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Modifiable health risks were associated with 26.0% of health care costs ($761/person) among employees with no self-reported medical conditions and 25.4% among employees with a medical condition ($2598/person). The prevalence and relative costs of each of the 10 risks were different for those without and with medical conditions, but high body mass index was the most prevalent risk for both groups (41.0% and 63.9%) and also contributed the largest percentage of excess costs (7.2% and 7.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study, coupled with past work, gives an employer a sense of the magnitude that might be saved if modifiable health risks could be eliminated.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan Health Management Research Center (Dr O'Donnell, Dr Schultz, Dr Yen), Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: Alyssa B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors