Working with theHealthways | Blue Zones
Vitality City TeamSusan Burden
CEO, Beach Cities Health District
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The Transition from Health to Well-Being
What it Takes to Become a Vitality City
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• Motivation to innovate• Leadership for
permanent change• Readiness to make it
happen• Standard metrics for well-
being
Ben LeedleCEO, Healthways
Public:Private Collaboration
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Individuals ● Experts ● Environments ● Relationships
Improving Well-Being
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Why It Matters:The Economic Case for Well-Being
ImproveWell-Being
Adopt or maintainhealthy behaviors
Reduce health-related risks
Optimize care for health conditions
Performance Increases
• Productivity
• Engagement
• Absence
• Work Impairment
Total Medical Cost Decreases
• Hospitalizations
• Event Rates
• Disease Rates
• Lifestyle Risks
Total Economic Value Increases
• States
• Communities
• Sponsors
• Individuals
•Prevent or delay next new case of disease or condition
•Prevent or reduce impact of the next new episode
•Enhanced ability to actively manage one’s own health
Economic Drivers
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Emerging Science
Well-Being Relationship to Hospital Utilization
0
5
10
15
20
0-50 (n=109)
>50-60 (n=151)
>80-90 (n=683)
>70-80 (n=582)
>60-70 (n=347)
>90-100 (n=363)
Admission ER Visit
Percent
Well-Being Score (Composite)Low High
Impact of Well-Being on Event Frequency
-83%
-49%
Source: Wellmark Data, Healthways Center for Health Research Analysis (n=2,235)
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Emerging Science
Well-Being Relationship to Medical Costs
0-50 (n=109)
>50-60 (n=151)
>80-90 (n=683)
>70-80 (n=582)
>60-70 (n=347)
>90-100 (n=363)
Annual Costs(Indexed)
Well-Being Score (Composite)Low High
Annual Medical and Rx Claims Cost
Source: Wellmark Data, Healthways Center for Health Research Analysis (n=2,235)
4.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
Low:High Well-Being = ~3.5x more cost
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Huge Value In Health Risk Reduction Recent Publications
10 — 50% Risk Reduction
$0.6T — $1.4 T
10 Year Impact
10 — 25% Risk Reduction
$0.4T — $1.1T
10 Year Impact
Source: Healthways, Center for Health Research, 2009 and 2010
Application at the Personal Level
Life Evaluation
BasicAccess
WorkQuality
EmotionalHealth
Physical Health
HealthyBehavior
Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index™ Healthways Well-Being Assessment™
Life Evaluation
BasicAccess
WorkQuality
EmotionalHealth
Physical Health
HealthyBehavior
PERFORMANCE
CoreHRA
Biometrics
Strong Market Reception: Nearly Four Million Individual Surveys Committed To Date
Hardware retailer 5,000
Insurance company 90,000
Bank 2,700
Engineering consulting 5,400
Regional health plan 2,000,000
Regional health plan 100,000
Regional health plan employees 3,000
Regional health plan 200,000
Technology and consumer products 21,000
Construction and equipment manufacturer 101,000
Integrated energy company 47,000
PBM 7,000
Insurance company 49,000
Regional health plan 1,500
Supermarket 50,000
Defense contractor 175,000
Federal government 5,000
Packaging solutions provider 4,300
Transportation franchise 50,000
Regional health plan 1,000,000
3,916,900
Organization Lives
Total
Source: Healthways Well-Being Assessment 2010 Pipeline of 100% Commitments, October 2010
Healthways Well-Being
Assessment™
COM
POSIT
E
Life E
valuatio
n
Emotio
nal Health
Physical H
ealth
Healthy B
ehavior
Work
Enviro
nment
Basic A
ccess
7363
79 8170
57
91
66
48
79 7665
48
82
Beach Cities Nation
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Well-Being in Beach Cities
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Basic Access Domain Highlights Community Strengths
Access to / Affordability of basic necessities for the majority of the population…
And access to health care resources equally as strong…
Nation Beach Cities
8292
% With Enough Money for Food
Nation Beach Cities
91 94
% With Enough Money for Hous-ing
Nation Beach Cities
8188
% With Personal Doctor
Nation Beach Cities
9296
% With Access to Medicines / Health Care
Nation Beach Cities
8493
% With Health Insurance
Nation Beach Cities
8090
% With Enough Money for Health Care
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Access + Higher Income Levels ≠ Higher Emotional Well-Being
But negative affect in emotional health domain illustrates significant variances to national averages…
City Ranking
# 170 / 187City Ranking
# 177 / 187City Ranking
# 139 / 187Huntington, WVFort Smith, AR
Reno, NVNew Orleans, LA
Stockton, CADetroit, MI
Nation Beach Cities
40
46% With Significant Stress
Nation Beach Cities
28
37% With Significant Worry
Nation Beach Cities
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16
% With Significant Anger
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Brings Focus to Community and Social Domains Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index as Measure of Progress
Home
Work/School
City
Friends& Family
Colleagues
Neighbors
Individuals ● Experts ● Environments ● Relationships
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