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The Relationship Between Modifiable Health Risks and Health Care Expenditures: An Analysis of the Multi-Employer HERO Health Risk and Cost Database by Goetzel, Ron Z., Anderson, David R., Whitmer, R. William, Ozminkowski, Ronald J., Dunn, Rodney L., Wasserman, Jeffrey

“…This investigation estimates the impact of ten modifiable health risk behaviors and measures and their impact on health care expenditures, controlling for…”
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Projecting Future Medical Care Costs Using Four Scenarios of Lifestyle Risk Rates by Leutzinger, Joseph A., Ozminkowski, Ronald J., Dunn, Rodney L., Goetzel, Ron Z., Richling, Dennis E., Stewart, Maureen, Whitmer, R. William

“…Purpose. This study predicts medical care expenditures over 10 years for Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) under alternative health risk factor scenarios for the…”
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Worksite health promotion and health care reform by Whitmer, R W

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The impact of a comprehensive medical benefit cost management program for the city of Birmingham: results at five years by Harvey, M R, Whitmer, R W, Hilyer, J C, Brown, K C

“…Double digit annual increases in the cost of medical benefits represent one of the major financial challenges for many private and public sector employers…”
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The Relationship between Modifiable Health Risks and Group-Level Health Care Expenditures by Anderson, David R., Whitmer, R. William, Goetzel, Ron Z., Ozminkowski, Ronald J., Wasserman, Jeffrey, Serxner, Seth

“…Purpose. To assess the relationship between modifiable health risks and total health care expenditures for a large employee group. Design. Risk data were…”
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Worksite health promotion and health care reform: an update by Whitmer, R W

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A Review of the Knowledge Base on Healthy Worksite Culture by Aldana, Steven G., Anderson, David R., Adams, Troy B., Whitmer, R. William, Merrill, Ray M., George, Victoria, Noyce, Jerry

“…Objective: To identify the need for worksite cultures of health, the organizational factors that support worksite cultures of health, the tools that have been…”
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Self-Rated Job Performance and Absenteeism According to Employee Engagement, Health Behaviors, and Physical Health by Merrill, Ray M., Aldana, Steven G., Pope, James E., Anderson, David R., Coberley, Carter R., Grossmeier, Jessica J., Whitmer, R. William

“…OBJECTIVE:To better understand the combined influence of employee engagement, health behavior, and physical health on job performance and absenteeism…”
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The Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) by Whitmer, R W, Dundon, M W

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Is it Time … For a National Health Promotion Research Agenda? by O'Donnell, Michael P., Whitmer, R. William, Anderson, David R.

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Evaluation of a Best-Practice Worksite Wellness Program in a Small-Employer Setting Using Selected Well-being Indices by Merrill, Ray M., Aldana, Steven G., Pope, James E., Anderson, David R., Coberley, Carter R., Vyhlidal, Tonya P., Howe, Greg, Whitmer, R. William

“…Objective: To measure the effectiveness of a Wellness program in a small company using four well-being indicators designed to measure dimensions of physical…”
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The Impact of Worksite Wellness in a Small Business Setting by Merrill, Ray M., Aldana, Steven G., Vyhlidal, Tonya P., Howe, Greg, Anderson, David R., Whitmer, R. William

“…Objective: This study evaluates the level of participation and effectiveness of a worksite Wellness program in a small business setting. Methods: Three years…”
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The city of Birmingham's wellness partnership contains medical costs by Whitmer, R W

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Finding the real power behind profit by Whitmer, R W, McKenas, D K, O'Donnell, M P

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Is it time...for a national health promotion research agenda? by O'Donnell, M P, Whitmer, R W, Anderson, D R

“…The economic impact of risk reduction efforts is uncertain at a time when annual health care costs are increasing. Health promotion as a documented method for…”
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The relationship between modifiable health risks and group-level health care expenditures. Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) Research Committee by Anderson, D R, Whitmer, R W, Goetzel, R Z, Ozminkowski, R J, Dunn, R L, Wasserman, J, Serxner, S

“…To assess the relationship between modifiable health risks and total health care expenditures for a large employee group. Risk data were collected through…”
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Gender-specific effects of modifiable health risk factors on coronary heart disease and related expenditures. HERO Research Committee. Health Enhancement Research Organization by Wasserman, J, Whitmer, R W, Bazzarre, T L, Kennedy, S T, Merrick, N, Goetzel, R Z, Dunn, R L, Ozminkowski, R J

“…There is a general lack of health-related research focusing on gender-specific differences within a working population. This research attempts to address that…”
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Cardiovascular risk reductions associated with aggressive lifestyle modification and cardiac rehabilitation by Aldana, Steven G, Whitmer, William R, Greenlaw, Roger, Avins, Andrew L, Salberg, Audrey, Barnhurst, Megan, Fellingham, Gilbert, Lipsenthal, Lee

“…Patients who have been treated for coronary heart disease can enroll in traditional cardiac rehabilitation, the Ornish Program, or no rehabilitation at all. No…”
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Effect of Intense Lifestyle Modification and Cardiac Rehabilitation on Psychosocial Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Quality of Life by Aldana, Steven G., Whitmer, William R., Greenlaw, Roger, Avins, Andrew L., Thomas, Dean, Salberg, Audrey, Greenwell, Andrea, Lipsenthal, Lee, Fellingham, Gill W.

“…This study examined the effect of the Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease and cardiac rehabilitation(CR) on psychosocialrisk factors and qualityof life…”
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The relationship between modifiable health risks and health care expenditures by Goetzel, R Z, Anderson, DR, Whitmer, R W, Ozminkowski, R J, Dunn, R L, Wasserman, J

“…This investigation estimates the impact of ten modifiable health risk behaviors and measures and their impact on health care expenditures, controlling for…”
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