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Health Care Cost | Blood Pressure Evaluation Measures

Health care costs measures for blood pressure screening and control1-6

In contrast with the worker productivity costs described above, health care costs are measures of the direct medical expenses of providing employee health care and preventive health programs.

Baseline  

  • Determine costs and use for health care such as screening, treatment (e.g., medications), and hospitalizations for employees with high blood pressure who have complications of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and blindness
  • Determine the health care use and costs of employee participants before and after a blood pressure screening and control intervention such as counseling or referral for treatment and follow-up to control blood pressure

Process

  • Periodic repeats of baseline measures

Outcome

  • Assess changes in health care use and costs from baseline
  • Compare health care use and costs of employee participants before and after a blood pressure screening and control intervention such as counseling or referral for treatment and follow-up to control blood pressure

References

1.  Campbell KP, Lanza A, Dixon R, Chattopadhyay S, Molinari N, Finch RA, editors. A Purchaser’s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage. Washington, DC: National Business Group on Health; 2006. 

2.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Framework for program evaluation in public health. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1999;48(No. RR-11): 1-40.

3.  Matson Koffman DM, Goetzel RZ, Anwuri VV, Shore K, Orenstein D, LaPier T. Heart-healthy and stroke-free: successful business strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease. Am J Prev Med. 2005; 29(5), suppl. 1:113-121.

4.  Pelletier KR. Clinical and cost outcomes of multifactorial, cardiovascular risk management interventions in worksites: a comprehensive review. J Occup Environ Med. 1997; 29(12): 1154-1169.

5.  Matson Koffman DM, Lanza A, Campbell KP. A Purchaser’s Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: A tool to improve health care coverage for prevention. Preventing Chronic Disease, April 2008; 5(2).

6.  Goetzel RZ, Ozminkowski RJ. Program evaluation. In: O’Donnell MP, editor. Health promotion in the workplace, 3rd edition. Albany, NY: Delmar Thomson Learning; 2002. p 116-165.

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