Return to Work: Managing Employee Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Popul Health Manag
; 24(S1): S3-S15, 2021 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1236197
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has abruptly transformed the outlook of employer health benefits plans for 2020 and 2021. Containing the spread of the virus and facilitating care of those infected have quickly emerged as immediate priorities. Employers have adjusted health benefits coverage to make COVID-19 testing and treatment accessible and remove barriers to care in order to facilitate the containment of the disease. Employers also are introducing strategies focused on testing, surveillance, workplace modifications, and hygiene to keep workforces healthy and workplaces safe. This paper is intended to provide evidence-based perspectives for self-insured employers for managing population health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Such considerations include (1) return to work practices focused on mitigating the spread of COVID-19 through safety practices, testing and surveillance; and (2) anticipating the impact of COVID-19 on health benefits and costs (including adaptations in delivery of care, social and behavioral health needs, and managing interrupted care for chronic conditions).
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Occupational Health
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Pandemics
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Return to Work
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Population Health
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Popul Health Manag
Journal subject:
Public Health
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Health Services
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Pop.2020.0261
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