What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial evaluated the effect of a workplace wellness program that included health screenings, wellness activities and financial incentives on employee health, health beliefs and medical use after 12 and 24 months among 4,800 employees at a large U.S. university.
Authors: David Molitor, Ph.D., of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1321)
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