Each generation of Corporate India's employees has distinct primary health risks
Employees who completed three annual health check-ups recorded a hospitalisation rate of 2.41%, compared with 7.27% among those who attended none, a nearly 3X difference associated with regular preventive screening, says a just released workplace health report. Although only 25% of employees skipped every annual…
For years, organisations measured the success of workplace wellness through participation—how many employees attended a health camp or completed a health check-up. The data now tells us that's no longer enough.
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What Happened
The study also reveals that each generation of employees (Corporate India now has four to five generations in its workforce simultaneously) has a distinct primary health risk, engagement style and expectation of workplace health support.
Employees who completed three annual health check-ups recorded a hospitalisation rate of 2.41%, compared with 7.27% among those who attended none, a nearly 3X difference associated with regular preventive screening, says a just released.
Although only 25% of employees skipped every annual health check-up, this group accounted for 46% of all inpatient hospitalisation claims and 43% of total insurance payouts, highlighting the disproportionate financial impact of delayed diagnosis.
The report says that 52% of employees across corporate India never take action after a health check as they received no personalised guidance, follow-up call, prioritised referral, or reminder at the right moment.
Key Details
It also points out that 20.34% of all pharmacy dispensations are cardiac medications, highlighting cardiovascular disease as one of the largest ongoing health burdens among corporate employees, with sudden cardiac deaths rising among working professionals aged between 30 to 40 years.
Highest caregiver burden, balancing ageing parents and teenage children, making elder care EAP a growing retention issue, peri-menopause and menopause remain the most underserved health transitions for Gen X (20-25% of workforce) in corporate.
The Baby Boomers (5-10% of active workforce) are into managing chronic conditions and on average, have the highest per-employee medical claims.
The report combines independent research with MediBuddy's proprietary analysis of 10,551 employees, one of India's largest workplace health evidence studies.
What Reports Say
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