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Opening School-Based Health Clinics Can Lower Teacher Health Costs
Jun 20, 2018
Published in: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine [Epub May 2018]. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001373
Posted on RAND.org on July 03, 2018
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To examine the impact of worksite clinics on health care utilization and cost, self-reported health status, and student achievement growth in a public school district.
We used insurance claims, health risk assessment, and student achievement growth data for active teachers during 2007-2015. A difference-in-differences approach was applied to measure the impact of worksite clinics.
Compared to using a community-based clinic as the usual source of primary care, using a worksite clinic was associated with significantly lower inpatient admissions (53 vs. 31 per 1,000 teacher years), annual health care cost ($5,043 vs. $4,298 in 2016 US dollars, a difference of $62 per teacher per month), and annual absent work hours (63 vs. 61). No significant differences were detected in self-reported health status or student achievement growth.
Worksite clinics reduce teacher health care cost and absenteeism.
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