What gets measured

gets done!
FACTS
Relation between BMI and healthcare costs
Absenteeism costs
Healthcare costs
10 Lb = US$ 100 ?
The concrete relationship between
healthcare cost and weight
Excluding four outlier cases from the low BMI group,
individuals with BMI 30 kg/m2 cost 52% (from 28
80%) more than those with BMIs 20 to 24.9 kg/m2.
0 500 1000 1500 2000
< 25
25 - 30
> 30
Health Care Costs ($)
B
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More obese, more costs
The odds of an obese
persons being assigned to
the high health-care costs
groups were 4.1 times
greater than for those in
the normal BMI group.
Health and Absenteeism
People with BMI over 25 lose more days of work
Per capita medical expenditures and the cost
of both absenteeism and presenteeism
attributable to obesity (excluding overweight)
range from $1143 (obese I men) to $6694
(obese III women).
Moreover, with the exception of overweight
men, medical expenditures, absenteeism,
and presenteeism increase with increasing
BMI.
Absenteeism case
wellness group versus non wellness group
10.09
19.00
17.52
52.81
Average lost days
Wellness group lose
7.43 fewer days
Non wellness group
33.81 fewer days
First Year Second Year
Non wellness group
Wellness group
Absenteeism case
wellness group versus non wellness group
R$ 47,498.01
R$ 89,433.19
R$ 157,470.88
R$ 474,552.19
Total cost of lost work days
First Year Second Year
Firt year
difference
R$ 41.935,18
Second year
difference
R$ 317.081,31
Non wellness group
Wellness group
Our solution
Objective
We compare the real cost of
the group of workers that is
using the wellness program
with the real cost of the
other workers, and find out
if there are savings.
Results
Reveal, in financial terms,
the Return of Investment
from companys wellness
program.
Assist the decision-making
process with a focus on the
financial return.
Our solution
Information
We will support the company
client to organize the
individual healthcare cost and
absenteeism information,
creating a specific database.
Then, using our exclusive
technology (WOA algorithm
and wi-fi scales), we will
provide the information about
the workers.
How to
With this information, our
data process creates exclusive
reports, which will reveal the
cost of the employees that are
following the wellness
programs, and the cost of the
employees that are not
following the programs. This
comparison will show if your
company is having a return of
investments in the wellness
programs


WOA

as an automatic feedback for

Corporate Wellness Program
Confidential presentation Renato Romani MD
Corporate WOA
Reports
Individual WOA
Reports
Cloud Computer
data base
Absenteeism Information
Healthcare cost information
Classic Proposition

4 people are getting fat
BMI less than 20 20 and 25 25.1 and 30.0 30.1 and 35.0 more than 35
Initial weight 50 400 350 150 50
After 6 months 47 399 335 169 50
Overweight / obesity
550 people (55%)
554 People (55.4%)
Cross-section
study
Our Proposition
less than 20 20 and 25 25.1 and 30.0 30.1 and 35.0 more than 35
less than 20 47 3 - - -
20 and 25 - 368 32 - -
25.1 and 30.0 - 28 294 28 -
30.1 and 35.0 - - 9 138 3
more than 35 - - - 3 47
After 6 months 47 399 335 169 50
28 people escape the overweight classification
12 people are losing weight but still over BMI 25
63 people are getting fat
30 people are losing weight,
which of them are using the
wellness program?
BMI less than 20 20 and 25 25.1 and 30.0 30.1 and 35.0 more than 35
Initial weight 50 400 350 150 50
After 6 months 47 399 335 169 50
Overweight / obesity
550 people (55%)
554 People (55.4%)
How was
the
migration
between
groups
Cross-section
study
WOA Report
Our Proposition
Decrease
weight
Remained in the
same weight
Increase weight
< 20 - 47 3
20.0 =< 25 - 368 32
25.1 <= 30.0 28 294 28
30.1 <= 35.0 9 138 3
>35 3 47 -
40 894 66
After one semester, results based in the WOA projection
+$37,556 -$8,390
Total Cost
$ 315.959,00
(+11,8%)
(-2,6%)