How Effective Are Wellness Programs? We Don't Know, Say Corporations

Despite spending more on employee wellness programs in 2010, only 37 percent of U.S. employers actually measure their program's effectiveness, a global survey released today indicates, according to a Xerox press release  on Yahoo News. Working Well: A Global Survey of Health Promotion and Workplace Wellness Strategies, released by Buck Consultants, A Xerox Company, found that employers spent 35 percent more - about $220 - on each employee who participated in a wellness program compared to 2009.