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The Cost of Chronic Disease:

The Cost of Chronic Disease:. Work Environments That Promote Wellness Make $ ense By Vera Vos, FNP Presented To: OSIA 2012 Conference January 26, 2012. Life Expectancy. 1850 2012 Birth 40 years 80 years Age 10 58 years. Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE).

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The Cost of Chronic Disease:

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  1. The Cost of Chronic Disease: Work Environments That Promote Wellness Make $ense By Vera Vos, FNP Presented To: OSIA 2012 Conference January 26, 2012

  2. Life Expectancy 1850 2012 Birth40 years80 years Age 1058 years

  3. Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy(DALE) "The position of the United States is one of the major surprises of the new rating system," says Christopher Murray, M.D., Ph.D., Director of WHO's Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy. "Basically, you die earlier and spend more time disabled if you’re an American rather than a member of most other advanced countries."

  4. TODAYS GOALS • What is chronic disease • How does it affect people • What causes chronic disease • What are the costs • To inspire you to make changes

  5. Defining Chronic Diseases or Conditions • Non-Communicable • Degenerative • Prolonged in duration • Symptoms and tissue damage are progressive • Rarely Cured

  6. Inflammation – An Immune System Response to Injury and Disease

  7. Normal Function Artery Intestine Heart Glucose + Pancreas Insulin Muscle Fat

  8. Diabetes Artery Intestine GLUCOSE Heart + Pancreas Insulin Muscle Fat

  9. Atherosclerosis

  10. Slower

  11. Stiffer

  12. Sadder

  13. Stuffier

  14. Fatigued

  15. Painful

  16. Overweight and Obese

  17. Causes of Chronic Disease Changes in food Changes in exercise

  18. Fast, Fat, Sweet, Salty

  19. Commercially Reproduced Artifical Products

  20. On the move Or on the couch

  21. The Numbers • 80% • 55% • 11.3% • 1 in 3 • 35%

  22. The Cost - Direct Monthly Health Care Premium Costs 1999 2008 Employer $189 $392 Employee $35 $60 + >copay >deductibles Milken Institute, 2007

  23. In 2005 Starbucks paid more for employee benefits than they did for coffee. Instead of cutting benefits they laid off 6,000 people and closed 300 stores.

  24. The Cost - Direct US Oregon 2003 $277 billion $3.4 billion 2013 $513 billion $7.7 billion 2023 $790 billion $11.1 billion Milken Institute, 2007

  25. The Cost – IndirectLost Productivity • Absenteeism – Work missed due to sick days • Presenteeism – Occurs when workers come to work but perform below par due to effects of chronic disease

  26. The Cost – Loss of Productivity US Oregon 2003 $1.1 trillion $13.1 billion 2013 $3.3 trillion $30.4 billion 2023 $3.4 trillion $43.5 billion Milken Institute, 2007

  27. The Cost Direct + Indirect US Oregon 2003 $1.3 trillion $16.5 billion 2013 $3.1 trillion $38.1 billion 2023 $4.2 trillion $54.5 billion

  28. “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.”From the movie, The Leopard

  29. Are We The Frog?

  30. Chronic Disease Preventable by changing habits

  31. Workplace WellnessWorth the Investment?

  32. Health is Wealth Ralph Waldo Emerson

  33. Creating A Culture of Health The 4 P’s Passionate, Persistent, Persuasive leadership and Participation by leadership

  34. “It’s bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children’s health than the pediatrician.” Meryl Streep

  35. “Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled like bacon.”Doug Larsen

  36. TODAYS GOALS • What is chronic disease • How does it affect people • What causes chronic disease • What are the costs • To inspire you to make changes

  37. Parting Words “Our current health crisis is just a series of opportunities disguised as insoluble problems.” John Gardner, Founder of Common Cause .

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