LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY mj .M414 no, 39069 AUG 11 191 DEWEY LIBRAF A COST-BEMEFIT ANALISIS OP THE li.1.7. FACULTY BEAITB SUBVBl PROGBAH Daniel S. Diaaond Epbraia B. Bclean, 3xd Tocaa Boscabecg 399-69 June, 1969 HDD"^ 1 1 n /f /lo.: ^,J RECEIVED AUG 12 M. i. T. 1959 LIbKAKltS I Table of Contents The Development of Periodic Health Examinations Page 1 Section II: Overview of the Cost-Benefit Analysis Page 7 Section III: The Present System Page 10 Section IV: Cost Analysis Page 13 Section Benefit Analysis Page 16 Section VI: Discussion and Recommendations Page 26 Section VII: Summary and Conclusions Page 36 Section I: V: Bibliography Page 38 Ihe Oevalcpaent of Periodic Health ExaiiDations I. health examinations Periodic «ide-spread have gained acceptance in t^e Onited Sates in recent years. Beginning as early 15), articles 1915 as began appearing in officially recognised and approved the and papers exaainations health reveals that written ovch of the the better still, such wisat prograos? "cooplete** last in the MS First, the goals and what should a undiscovered conditions have been articles exaained what are or objectives of "typical" or And third, what i.e., what hitherto findings in these exaas; of administering (1U) eaperical. theses. should be are tiiese coAditions? years exaainations is phys:^cal exaoination consist of? have Leen the periodic articles axe concexaed with one following Second, review of a subject of on the — not vast oajocity of the more of or Hovevex, support for such ideological and philosophic^ h checkups the Aaerican physical checkups. 150 articles over of such aedical journals. In 1922« nedical Association value of periodic in suppost uncovered and how serious Few of the papers such exats and only discussed the cost three out of atteapted to quantify the all the benefits which accrued to tb« effoct. In exaaining these three points, nedical question performed?) (e.g., should pcpctosiigaoidoscopy and is not appropriate for discussion here. first and third points, however, u£ the second is purely a deteminiag the be The are essential to the issue benefits of such health Hill te discussed in the following pages. frograas. They PAGE In at locJtinf streamlined iadnstrial spending no acre individual) up $300 to at arouad the medical clioiics individuals to their ohh. seek out Ihfi for extensive the vaciovs each three-day prestigious to point to the uavillingness of examinations on foe such and pay growth of physician a is interesting coantcy. It note that aany of the authors for $10 ninvtes uitb fifteen ten to physicals ''executire-type* fcoa health screenings (with than t^ ranged costs, cfaacges 2 regular health checkup prograns has been alBfist entirely in institutional settings. oany To individuals problem, it seeas to doctors* to be naaely, that a general told something they that are unwilling to pay foe Dcctoxs spend as healthy fLeguently acre least patients because as "done sooething** seeing sick the articles for theo. tiae with sick for) does ones exaaiaed (1, 11, physicians should restrict their practice they were trained, that is, the article (13) even went sc far as (and know what patients are the doctor had generally prefer Indeed, in the point was 15) ones because it challenging aedicioe. these with sot wiiile tli« Also, doctjors healthy private in such examinations. pay for this tiae than if people to interesting and typically, **you ouch the dcctor ailaeot, if any, he is looking more reluctant to know; exaas because they sense that patients at already physicians aaong of supj^oct supposedly time and the nnderstaadably, this has led to practice tot adaioistering regular BU£.t nedical ap|>arent right (or, acre reduce."), lack oo be a vaste of botii theix they are all are overwieigiit have Mho is more soae of made that to that for which treatment of the ill. One to suggest that doctors who PAGE go into this tbeic thaa sicilled** to be vock teod type of colleagues lese '*Ieataed their devote who 3 and tiae eatiiely to sick patients. Id exaBiQing the questioa of the benefits are these are anticipated, and objectives five studied, secoed, articles the benefits antici>pated oi what eitent to Suaaaclsing realized. jieoefits periodic aust be aasveced: first, health ezaBiaatioos, tvo <]oestioas Mbat iieoefits of These were encountered. (1) The early discovery of disease or infection. (2) Health education and habits. (3) The reassurance of the patient. (U) The establishiest of relationship. <5) the development research. Iteas were and (3) <U) counseling fox better health of continuing doctor- patient a only can data a base be appraised The literature indicates subjective fashion. for nedical in a very that doctors by and large do feel these objectives axe beiog aet although sone expressed concern about the possible adverse effects of creating Item a false sense of security in sioae patients. (5| data for nedical research, is h separate iteo , tron the other four. The benefits which flcv from medical research are seldoa of any value to the individuals directly invol»ed (except possibly recognition fcr the doctor). They are long-tero nature. (e.g., professional pf a mere diffuse and Some research leads to policy decisions the contaaination of the air in vines last be below a certain level) hazards for soac vho are ; (e.g., other research cigarette leads to iodeatifying health smokinq cpntritvtes to lung PAGE cancec) and still other ceseacch helps to indicate types of ; tieatsent vhich are aoce effective thao i£ passible that any or It result ioforaation froa connection wi.th previous aethods. gathered dat4 froa health eiaas. However, in oo explicit discussion was anticipated benefits could these benefits all of derived periodic the articJ.es reviened, to the U that are in all of given as expected froa to be medical rcsearcb; the value of such effprts is accepted as a given, and farther lastif ication is not offeredo direct benefits If physical checkups^ (2) are be claimed to bouever, it aust result io spae tangible, be that iteas neasurablc effects. earlier, there were only three guantify these benefits in acnetary tens. pointed t.c who had studies which the huaanitariao benefits (1) and As stated atteapted to Several others to the few individuals potentially-fatal conditions which were light early enoagfa to be treated. periodic for brought to But the guestion in these cases is whether or not these conditions aight not have been uncovered even aitbout regular checkups* authocs suggested, nature synptcBS which it health hazards to exceptions being is very provides As a nuaber of the order to in the nuaber good in of potential bring the attectico of the individual (the few diseases like cancer, glaocoaa, syphilis, and tuberculosis). Iherefcre, lollow, studies that in the basis for inferxing causality. In there is no other words, even though mortality or disability was reduced in the grcups undergoing the regular checkups, ceductions aere prograas. It due is there solely very is to possible no the that proo| that initiaion such these of factors such as PAGE selt-selectlon (all pcagcaas 5 wece also ate volojitacy) at work. was a« (3« f olicyboldets exaainations cost at no approxiaately 6,000 aen such for a w^e was aaong entire ^or the The expected cost The 303. the of appcoxiaately $<i€,000 while the saving to the coapany of not hawing realized thereby not hawing (and physical Proa deaths occurred. group 16,662 of given participated who adainistering the ezaas was consisted theaselves. duration of the project, 217 mortality Hetcopolitaa losurance who to ExteasioQ the life by study Ihe 12). 10« metropolitan 1914-1921 & contcact fcoa the Institute uader Co. period t^e doae in benefits to costs to atteipt to aateh Ihe first study the expected aortality to pay the death claias) was scaewhat in excess of 1126,000. The second study was done Corporation eaployees were per reported and covered by exaainatioB coaaitaent was non-work-coBsected exaaple given of Because Corporation's [ayaents cancer), le.g., cancerous this figure , rectal In alone was was it and treated tbe case growiths the estiaated for the coapany detected early resulted. 1,455 average cost the of disability in the article) over 1120,000; Here . the potential savings to or disability discovery <2) study and the the conditions cculd be before death 1960 in disability possible to cal<culate early on provide t« if serious $51. by the Mestinghouse Electric of the (the only savings were acre than the total cost of the prograa. Ihe benefits third study ,cf which discussed reifular checkups was both done by the costs and the Consolidated PAGE 6 Ediscn CoBpany 9), ,at Mew Yoi k in the period 19U9-1959 (6, 7, 8, 717 persons »ere involved in the study, «ith an avecaqe cost per exaa o£ $30 to to the conpany the savings payaents decreases in both aortality rates are considered which dollars or death cents, but in illnesses as veil as totally disabling. A stateaent paid fcr the these reductions aore than made that and studies, indicated significant vere given Mhich several percentages tiio in reduced disability expressed in not were Unlike the first $35. was cost of the program. In fairness to many of should te pointed exaaples out that alacst all of doctors. by and for of the described could the other articles exaoined, it It is quite possible that early detection be translated into very straiglit fprward fashion. so few of the atithors felt maXe such a thea were written calculation. Hhat disease many of the which were aonetary benefits in a of is interesting is that it iapcrtant enough to bother to PAGE Overview of the Ccst-Becefit Analysis II. The purpose n.I.T. faculty papet is of this Health Survey to analyae pcogcaa «ith costs and benefits in order to the present lespect to its establish whether or not the nortbuhile; and, if program is 7 not, vhat action should be taken. A 1. nufflber cf questions follcw fioa this objective: from whose standpoint should the costs aad benefits be investigated? 2. Hhat is a neasure words, hov does of " worthwhileness"? define one and In other aeasare the perforaaece cf the prcgcas? 3. Hhat is the tine horizon of tiie costs and benefits (iiaediate vs. long range) In answer to the first qaestico, the parties most directly involved in the prcgrao were identified. These are 1. faculty The members are who entitled to the service. 2. 3. The Medical Departieat which performs the service. The n.I.T. administration Hhich pays for the service. 4. The n.I.T. cofflBuoity as a whole, which is affected by tfkat jiappens to the faculty members. Parties who are sore program were not considered. families of the distinction n.I.T. remotely connected on the the Examples of these would be the faculty members and society was made with basis of who boundaries and who is outside of them. at large. The is within the PAGE second question caises the protolei cf soae coBbiaed 3fae "index 8 of ccncecning decisions would ubich HOitliwiiileness*' be «sed nodification retention^ the guide to or cancellation of the pcogcai. the administration decides Since o«ly the necessary it is progcaft« benefits to all parties into pn the costs coabine all to single equation, a fate of and as seen by the adaii^istration. criteria adainistration's The functio«e C, be nay described as a(I)X(I) C = a(C)XiC) « * a(A)X(&) where = a (I) the relative weight, adaiiiistratico, eyes individual the of the iji the of faculty BejBber*s cost-benefit relationship. For X(I) a(C) = the >= 0, we have a(I)*, otiiewise a relative weight, adiioistration, Hedicai the of the io eyes (I) of •• the Departaeat*s (clinic's) cost-benefit relationship. For X(C) = a (A) the >= 0, we have aJC)*, otherwise a relative weight, adainistration, of io the own its eyes (C) " of the cost-benefit relationship. For where X (A) >= 0, we have a (A) X(I) = B(I) - K{I) X (C) = BiC) - K(C) X(A) = B(A) - K(A) fi are benefits and The coapositioD K * , otherwise atA)** are costs. of costs and benefits will le discassed in the following sections. to each party PAGE foe each party, , =lb(i)lf(l) and a are the benefits, Z|i) where Y(i) V (i) (i) K =^ I.w(i) Z (i) costs, and th*» 9 b (i) , and their respective relative Heights. This short analysis indicates that the pxoblea ahead is that c£ Identi^f ying a (i), b (i) Ihe and and quantifying all the Y<i), Z(i), h (i) . objective is to only C» and oaxioi^ze positive solutions are acceptable. question is The third justified on whether the budget-year by budget-year basis a this is ao investaent for the preventative, proqrao has and involves future. to be or whether Since the prograa is the redaction of sickness and death over the work-life of an individual, the benefits will accrue ovec this whole tioe span. This, therefore, is the more appropriate tiae horizon. In the next exanined, including will come the section, the its purpose progcao itself and scope. analysis of costs and benefits fcllowed by a discussion of the fiJidiags. will be Foldowing this to each party PAGE 10 Th€ Present System III. Faculty Health Survey examinations are being scheduled for 1966-1969. He hope that you iiill of this cpportunity the take advaatage for evaluation of your health, as our experience with this program has sbovn it to be of great value. For the information of new nenbers of the Faculty this program and AdiBinistration, includes a ifitervieu, a complete physical medical examinat ico, routine blood tests and usinalysis, There is a fee of 110 for the all Mithout charge. chest x-ray. If an electrccardicgram is indicated be an additional $10 charge. Special there kill are done outside laboratory studies toy an daboratory* and will be charged to you at the cost to the Medical Oepartieot. those over 40 should reitura for All Those under UO exasinatioa on a yearly basis. have an examination every two to should pl^n years, unle&s there is some speciai health problem which makes more frequent examination advisable. The above statement is contained and administration the faculty members of concise description reflection in which manner of the be a thing fcr good further >ustif ication necessary. As individual a the latter and is a fact is a into the program vas that "it therefore Institute" and aot felt to be have been kept on an or dccuaentation was basis each is the Survey came the result, all records patient first, it aod seccnd, it program. This the The original rationale fci being. would the program, of description of o nly Survey because, Facalty Health the n.I.T. cf H.I.T. introduction to a discussion of It is an appropriate year. sent to in a letter general no statistics ccncecnicg the pverall program have beeo maintained. The preceding remarks criticism of current either the execution. They should not be concept cf the are merely construed as program or mentioned to a of its provide PAGE conmon conplaint support for the analysts all of nearlj (p^chaps alibi) Nithout detailed that resultant the data, 11 analysis is necessarily tentative. Faculty The Department was Originally it Health Survey the of Inaugurated appioxiaately Has designed oftex to Medical K.I.I. ago. years ten physical periodic examinations to senior faculty esbers and iafoctant eabers cf the Institute adninistratioa on a puxely vcluntary basis. It has since been expanded to include ail faculty aeabers of the ranJc employees of selected (CSB) assistant professor or ,cf the Division Research of Sponsored . The perscnael from the DSB Mho are selected the Survey selection is . a rate of discontinued and no to the noted $20 fron the seilect people from the Bedical Department This exaa. per has cross-charge is made. There individual except in the used to and age The cost for these exaainations was, until recently, cross-charged at basis for itself. The by the OSR the procedure adffinistration) included in are to be conbination of position* seniority, a (not unlike DSB above as Hell as certain letter. Survey fox other employees cf the now been is no cost special laboratory for the There is to the an Esployee also work Health Institute, but it is of a slightly different nature and «ill not be discussed here. Each year, notification individuals (an excerpt of the in the aost persons availed recent period, sent is to all eligible letter Mas given above); and fiscal thaaselves of about 75X of all those eligible. year the offer. 1967-1968, This nuaber 883 is The names oi those who are considered eligible are derived froa the cursent edition of PAGE 12 the Geaecal H.I.T. turnished by the Catalogue aad adainistcatioo notification is senX out; and txou and lists the OSB. of nanes Only one faculty menber chooses if the not to respond, there in nc follcu-up. Since no physical exasinations meBbeis as a coadition of eiplcyient, are required of faculty it is foss^^® ^^^ sB indj.vidual to cone to H.I.T., spend his entire career on the tacalty, and ne«er once eater freedcB of action is« of the cliaate of a soae sort course, entirely ia universitr* tut it nakes the benefits of the Health without the fledical Defartaeot. of Such keeping with the appraisal of Survey progcaa rather difficult, reference or difficult to judge whether these who any better off than those Mho do not. control group, it is dp use the prograa are PAGE 13 Cost Analysis IV. Because depactnents DepactneiLt) special nature of the vithin concepts the , H.I.T. control ace little used. (including way cost and vhy this should be so 7he leascas Costs appraisal the in Medical the accoootinq cost of are not difficult to understand. systenatic administcati ve ot the ace not used in any adiinastcative of peEfornance and no staff is pcovided to the department heads to assist thea in naking eapfaasis given to costs, of assigning costs With so little such calculations. not surprising that the task it is to the Faculty Health Survey nust be in the nature of an educated guess. earlier discussion it froD the for scne peeled of tine, a Mill be recalled that charge of $20 was levied against the CSR for exaainations perforaed upon their personnel. On the surface, it would appear that this figure represented at least an approximation examination. of cost the of Upon investigation, however, conducting the it was disclosed that iihis was not the case; it was intended merely to cover the ccst cf laboratory tests (an Medical Department) "out-of-pocket" cost to the which were provided without cost to the DSB persoAuei.. Fecently, however, the Hedical DepartmeiBt has found it necessary tc fuxnish certain figures to Medicare in order to be accredited as figures Audit a full-fledged were prepared Division information. and medical facility. direction under the serve as a useful These of the source H.I.T. of cost <30. PAGE 15 defined, exceed the ansual coat of $64,000 justify a ccntiauation of the prcgrao? a year, and thus PAGE 16 Benefit Analysis V. In attcaptlng to estiaate the Hedical Depactnent the H.I.3. several pcograns p£es«nt distinguish aaong its does not at in Ficst, assessing total its effectiveness. the perfornaoce of present tiae the M.I.T. is iaportaot to recognize Faculty Health Suivey pcoqcaa, it the following points. benefits of second, the Departaent at the is judged, on the basis of the and future budgets set, alsost entirely degree to which the facilities of the departaent are used. For exaople, if an i-ray unit operates 75X of the total is coosiderfed to be better tioe it could possibly run, this than if it were be used 90S begins to important to note equipnent is highly analysis liberally (i.e.* judged), which delay certainly net without a a going to is piece of a to brisg about a a decision to x-ray load on additional be made tiie detailed less severity is certain level qf would reduce the of It pf Thus, only when purchase the unlikely this use. of considered. will be near-capacity use that decision to the tioe, a cr acre of additional equipnent purchase Further, if it used only 501 of the tioe. eguipaent and eguipaent, alaost is Hedical Departaent by the major change ir policy. Finally, while several sources of possible benefits are identified below, aost cf consideration at present. the Faculty Institute's considerations Health are alaost are program in its is purposes of protect tc faculty, totally ignpred. into taken not Although one of the Survey investment these It is the econoaic clear. PiGB 17 that what is presented belou then, for the Bost pact, a is, picposal for the analysis cf benefits, and not of how is dpne i t or how it description a with available might be done data. purposes For benefit analysis of groups three are identified, the first two of which are subsets of the third. both For each group measure these data necessary to benefits and the tlie benefits are specified. Decisicns the benefits cf the progcaa outweigh on whether its cost and on how to best allocate existing and additional resources require more than a sinple particular, identification of an objective benefits function oust and costs. In be specifj-ed. An here because the conversions objective function is critical of many of the relevant benefits tc dollars will appear both difficult and repugnant to the adainistratorc involved. objective function, the specification of an fact, however, In in which weights are associated with the relative inportaoce of the several benefits, is tantaoount to the saae thing. The first, and oost obvious, group who ooght to benefit froa the Faculty While the really Health Survey are the debate rages on as tc does significantly faculty theaselves. whether anj contribute to such prograa the discovery of health problens before they becooe serious, this possibility cannot be overlooked. identifiable individuals if the Furtheraore, in cases that data the periodic available, were exaaination would into the exaaination is problea cf unavailable carried out, the certain have been the However, pne iaaediately difference between life and death. runs for voald be data. physician sakes the faculty aenber's aedical record. As each notes for Except for a personal PAGE 18 sent to letter the facultj after the exaiioatioa, is The made. nedical ceccrd tl.I.T. the results as net, is readily usable a soon the fhysician no additional record cf saintained, presently aeaber by source it is data. of First, it is coasidered, as perhaps it should be, to be very confidential. Second, entries noo-uniforo, neasuring third, aad, pecfornance the become serious often illegible. of the Faculty will require tie medical record par.ts of the relevant are Therefore, Survey Health the encoding either of recording of or the sei^artatc approach would The second data. nedical record discovery cf health problems before program on the basis of they in the not provide historical data, implement. The results of the eiam cculd be recorded by the but should it his secretary in doctor or a relatively be uniform, specified easy to manner on standard forms provided for that purpose. The second benefit of the program to the faculty member is considerably less tangible that the ^irst: of anxiety. from occasiional concern about a No one is free seemingly tec-rapid heartbeat, in the side, o£ the history cf shortness of breath, a a family. The Faculty Health Survey concern for eliminati-ng such groundless. At least program a faculty to the attenticn cf administration. A shortly examination. heart disease Not only contribute to it is was an important the aedical Depactment professor had lost a brother due to heart before the faculty There had also been in both his did the ca<]i memfcer when one case where this pain a illness in the particular factor has come disease the reduction scheduled an established history of mother's and professor rely member's en the father's families. Health Survey to PAGE 19 allay his tests fears, but was quite that Mere such aoce insistent tbat be thorouqh be qiven than the exaninining reduction cf annxety pa the part of physician judged to be necessary. This benefit, the the faculty, brings received in this frcbably not up neu data a way lust be highly be derivable professor hi.self. pxoblei. froo any Fears of Any benefit subjective and source pther this type will than the will often re.ain unccBiBunicated to the exanining physician; and the physician has way cf no recording guesticnnaire, depti have to be used however, no way be applied has not he interview, or to elicit such then, observed. siailar aechanisa inforaaticn. of avoiditg the bias to any response It is clear, be to what will There is, that will necessarily the faculty Beaber that as iapottant as the faculty aeober, it A aight aaJce. this benefit aight is doubtful that it could be aeasured objectively. Bhile we view the reduction of one most consider the possibility as the result has first reaction to created should that can be more than benefit, learns that he likely to occur. anj such offset by the One's anxiety iapoived health froa the treateaent been discovered. If, However, as of the pointed out one of the by Dr. one is usually that be expected to result prcblea that has times this is a of creating anxiety. of his exam, a faculty aeaber aedical prcblea, anxiety a anxiety as Melvin H. ficiaan, turns out that the that further. little can / adainistrator of tie prograa, it some- aedical problea discovered will be be As it progresses, done the about until it progresses faculty aeaber would becoae aware of its syiptoms and present hiaseif tc a physician for PAGE 20 exaaination. needlessly anxiety has Xhus« created been Without better data there is no eailiex that «as necessary. way of kttcwiBg the Bagnitude of medical controversy about it such a felt to be this difficulty. Although there is fatal disease as potentially diabetes is/in this class. that positive the of nature free tc prcblcBS, call nan; of for ledical not. us do relatioBship. objective three-fourths of the actually do is wat-h the event in a whoa he of program Health Survey the problem is knovn cobc of that roughly in for ezans nothing about which requires aeasuresent of the aeasuring that this leasureaent can the lias than is certainly doctor upon this says it is possible less a faculty invited tc professor-physiciai) relaticnship, made be faculty Benber to establish It appear. However, an attitude. relationship the here again But leasurenent. is advice The presents an opportunity for the a benefit identafied While it that everyone sfaoold have good idea such of the physiciao. establishes with feels faculty final, third* and Ihe can be anxiety reduction since it involves less esotion. The secand group the Survey progran Faculty Health Departnent. various that can be seen is as benefitting fros the H.I.I. Medical As was pointed out earlier in this section, prograas independejitly. of departnent the are not the evaluated However, in order to recognize benefits froa the Faculty Health Survey progras, this would obviously have to be changed. of the Also, it was suggested that the utilization departB£nts* resources is future resource availabilities to accept that the Medical the major (budgets). determinant of If one is willing Department views the growth of PAGE 21 its budget as contcibute to this success. Survey prcgraa can greater the success, then the Faculty Health measure o£ a extent to which the services First, the advantage of the faculty take offered through the progxaa, greater the the the resources cf the departaent usage rate of the benefits of the program be. Second, can ±e efficiently if narketed to then, the will tend to to the faculty the demand for ptogtai can be expected to increase. A that oight he derived second benefit Faculty Departnent fioo scientific in aatore. the research ^oiag on in vast ascunt is While cf view faculty n.I.T. aedical Their as In veil has nc acadeaic other project Bay he fair aaount of general health as aore overextending of the outvardly-directed benefit, this potential that, at H.I. 7., the Hedical coaaitient primary research departaents. contribute to activation aigfat be both froa suggesting however, it aust be recognized Depar±Ben± a analysis, could of iipicving the and research. is The Hedical Oepartaent, yet to be learned. this body of knowleqe. the point there is prcgraa Survey the field of periodic aedical exans, a collection and through data Health by the Medical Therefore, such as do a the research Medical Cepactaent, the at least as it ^s presently ccnstitoted. dcctcc-patient The benefit to relationship* the faculty aeaber, is identified as also reco<gnized to a be a benefit by the fhysiciao. In other words, it is iaportant to the Redical Departaent physician that the faculty aeaber feel free to call upon hio wbenvever he feels the aeed to do so. It his side is also possible otf the that the physician relaticnsnip, knoving benefits froa t-bat be, the PAGE 22 ptotessiouAl healer, Ne€dl€£s to say, vill te called not only upon in tine aeasurement but of need< quantification will be difficult. In attempting Health to seasure the Program, SorTOv Departaent phys^ciaas, the Cepaitsent exaainaticns. a doctors Ihe doctors iDportance, five benefits cf perceived the Medical questionnaire was sent to each of as tiho currently by adainister were asked to rank, reasons for having periodic resuLts are shown in Table the Faculty in order of checkups. The 1. Physicians* Bankings of Seasons for Ccaductinq the Faculty Health Survey Prograi Reason these PAGE 23 The fical ijeoefit to the Medical Departacnt is sonewhat related successful second the to pact of k enhance the progran will Health Suivey Factiilty pcevicns benefit. the ceputaticD and status of the Hedical Eefiactneot. As pointed the physician engaged in appeac that it can out eacliec, healing the sick, is viewed health screening, as opposed to less conpetent as being by soie The exteot to professional status. Ccoaunity*s the il.I.T. uocertaiD. Departaient serves Hedical professionalism of the since effect, is the in addition other functions conducting Health Survey prograns. and Hedical Department little well have nay It lower of applies to which this of the >iicw tfaecefoce, and, to Nevertheless, the status Eepartment important, are Committee that periodically particularly where the Visiting evaluates the Medical department is concerned. now turn Vie <Mir whole to consider the benefits Health Survey totality program. its of faculty, staff, which is cbvioiisly, the H.I.T. Community as attention to various it receives from the Faculty the By Coaaunity constituent for the budget. the community benefits if, mean we the students, parts: the administration, and most particularly, responsible a First, and quite through the program, a coBBunicable disease is discovered and its spxead prevented. The discussed under discovery of the measurement here probslems o£ law the benefit to disease. requires are identical to the faculty lembers Cne advantage the discovery of in this case certais those of the is that communicable diseases to be officially reported. A second pptential benefit of the frogiat to the H.I.T. PAGE 2U CcBBunity, particularly to the adiioistcatioxi a greater number of working years frci its faculty. like n.I.T. coBpetition anong ffl€Bber universities quite high. quality is highly is a fcr skilled group. The of this piofeEsor<s a faculty vorse, death, is indeed serious. the work of with students* aakes greater The faculty of an a such a on various faculty aealiec Institute conoittees as depacitieiUbal and a loss, therefore, of The due to illness, or, In addition, is to receive each year, and cuabez of norkinq days institution , veil as less even harder his work to t^^ke. For example, it Bay turn out that upon the death cf Professor X, Professor Y*s of another university is Y list publications cf reputation may be However, the Professor X on a par graduate four honors and with theses as well as his work as those well Beasure departaent this would be effect, essential. department adBinistiation would as his of Professor X. supervised by beinq on the coDoittee to End All CoBBittees are act qoinq to be easily handled by To Professor available. the In a cooperation most of cases, only be in a position data regarding the medical absence or new man. each the to supply cause pf death of its faculty menibers. Finally, the progcaa say be creating good will toward H.I.T. on and potentia^l faculty aeabers. the faculty pension plan. as a The real "fringe viewed as a tool for the part of its current The program aay be viewed by benefit** like only way to measure the vacations or extent to which good will has been, or Bight be, created through the prograa would be by seans of attitude newly hiced faculty as well as surveys of both current and those who declined the offer PAGE 25 ot a positicn fioa n.I.T. PAGE 26 Oiscussion and BecoaaeAdatioDS VI. Cne analysis greatest the oi itself understanding is gieatei a pn the kenefits part of of cost-benefit the anareness increased and the decision aakecs o£ the dinensions and aagaitude of the decisions inviclved. discussion exeaplifies Ihe folicwing still exist. the needs uhich These can be soised up as O) Additional data |2) Coiplete knowledge of available alternatives <3) Rules Mhich lead from data to alternatives. Additional Tata Ihe need for data can be broken into nuafcer of data a sets. FrohabilitiPfi 7vo na;ior types of probabilities needed in order to help deteraiae are required. the benefits One is of the frogran, and the other is helpful in deciding which diseases to check for. calculating the In inportant tc ceaenber percent of people benefits of the psograa, that the crucial variable who had an illness acrested tc eaily detection through this prograa. difference between this fraction and the probability due tc a check_up of the illnass being (periodic or is is not the or cured due Bather (taken as it a it is the probability) arrested or cured otherwise) outside of the prograa. In order to determine which diseases tc check for, we need to know probabilities cf cccurencee of various diseases PAGE 27 in population the which with of successful profcabilities concerned ace we tceatnent once and disease a is detected. Value PunctioDs Ibe jdicectly as fraction value exact of of the pcogcaa by using the deaand function, or indirectly a menbecs who faculty individual the to advantage take of the service as an "index of satisfaction") Bust be established. Ihe value aust be fcuBd cf this individaal satisfaction to function lineac (e.g., criteria For example, is is it twice as worthwhile if adiinistcatioB. the rather than 300 faculty aenbers participate) ccaplicated function? An exaa^le of such this 600 is it a aore icc fuactioa is given a in the illustration of the decision algpritha given below. Market Behavior to deteraine is iapprtant It Data en new faculty joining been in existence. characteristics of would faculty the as well as the progcaa and out as related to on pa;rtici pants dropping faculty ten years that it has participatica in the progran over the to treads of the be great of interest. Unfortunately, most of the xs currently unavailable. inforaation suggested above will not suffice, since Gae££ing the analysis is very sensitive to these probabilities. Ihe Need for Knowledae of Alternatives Between there exists Benefits expansion a to the wide and cancellation range adoinistration of possible of oay the prograa, aodif ications. be iocxeased by tlie following stxategies: (1) Increase the nuaber ot faculty neabers PAGE 28 participatinq ctteiinq ioduceients achieved by This proqraa. the in pressure, in the foci of a can be aad/ec applying ••p«H" ci "push." Increase the pull. i»4 loprove the iiage of the proqcam. i(i) Change the faculty aeabcrs* perception (ii) of it (perhaps through an educational prograa) Give incentives. (iii) (b) i2) Increase the push. (i) Make it cospulsory. (ii) Sanction aenbers who do aot use it. this under eligible for coapcsiticn of the qrou<F Change the variables The service. strategy this aanipulated to be tiae age, say be at the Institute, position in the Institute, past aedical record, etc. Ihis lay be achieved by (a| Expanding the coverage. (b| flaking it available only group for to that HhOB the benefits are the greatest. (3) Change the frequency of the eyaiina tions. often. (a) Exanine ncre (b) Examine only upon entrance to the Institute. (c) Make ci less the decisicn tc exaoine a function of age and past nedical record. (d) (U) Exanine on Change the a random basis. type and conposition of the of the exanination. (a) Standardize examination. the composition PAGE 29 leave it to the discretiion of the doctor. (fc) Change (c| specific the ace that tes<ts adaioisteced. or reduce Expand (d4 illnesses list of the tested fee. illsesses tested the list of Vary (e) foe fcoa ezaaination to exaoinatioa. Costs strategies (2), get and (3) this service can adoioistiraticD the to (U) reduced be by or by encouraging the faculty to outside cf self-adainistered n.I.I.« by tests, etc. Eenetits to the Medical Cepactient collecting data uhich aay serve as by increasing Any of the number cf j^ar these alternatives Hould can te iacceased by a basis fcr research ticipaats proqraa. ia the also change the and costs and benefits to the individual. The Meed to jtnoa the Transf oraaticn Process It must interrelated be deterained hou and how they are alternatives as discussed above. diagram of the all costs and related decisioo-sakiiig process to the aight be brought to be fcllcued individual, cliaio together in order to by H.I.T. The to various policy The followiiK) logical flow ccnceptoalize this problem. The diagraa and benefits benefits are is an atteapt to shows hou the costs and adainistration deteraine the policy diagraa is followed by numerical exanple that illustrates how it aay be used. a PAGE 30 tl.I.T. Faculty Health Survey Progzaa Oecision-Hakiog Process Start = X E(A) K(A) • VK Expand CoDtioue FHS FHS **to O Input a Faculty Meiber N B(A) K|A) B(I) K(I) B(C) K<C) I(I) 1(C) I n = N 1 -0 benefits realized directly by the adaisistcaticn costs incurred directly by the a^ninistration benefits realized directly by the iadividaal costs incurred directly by the iodividnal benefits realized birectly by the clinic costs incurred directly by the ciioic index of individual's satisfaction with the progtaa index of clinic's satisfaction with the prcgraa total satisfaction index faculty she use service faculty eligible for service PAGE 31 PAGE 32 6(A), have adainistcatioB, ooe of values. pcEsibie thjcee These fcencfits arc those vihich ueie discussed in the earlier ceplace having tc avoided by not well as the expense that is ace avoided, as a payments that and disability consist of death secticn and bigblyregarded seabec ct the faculty with an oat£idec. First, let us assuae that this figsce is $100,000. X - = B(A) = K<A) 100,000 - 6a, coo = 36,000 uith = X thao zero ouch greater and very can This expansion Survey. exaainaticns take cqapulsory ^difficult >> 0) (X 0) the Faculty Health Hake aaoy foras: to do the university ia a of the .0 ana so fcequency of the exaaioati/as, prograa, increase the > Therefore, the . "larketing" effort on behalf increase the , (X action is to expand indicated ccurse of setting) this is both greater than zero 36, COO, forth. second case, As a let us benefits to assuae the be $65,000. K = 65,00C = Here, X - 64,CCC 1,000 is greater thas zero, but not very auch greater. Thus the Health Survey is continued, but not expanded. As a final case, let us assnae that the direct benefits tc the adflinistratioa are only in X the benefits whic^ accrue to the being less than zero, individual facalty Since this results ia0,000. oeaber and the to clinic aust be faculty as to exaaioed. The first &tep is a canvass of the PAGE 33 whether tiiey theiselves of the Health Survey. wish to avail Each laculty leaber, exanination. 1 at is H, imited to aeafcec coipaces 3h« faculty (consisting of the out-of-pocket physical liave a the cost, K(I) cost foe latoratocy tests, to the benefit of. etc, plus the iatangifcle cost cf ti>e lest),/ the decision is ade to exaaioation, and n have the The canvass is continued until have been "asked,** i.e., who have expressed Survey, i.e., they have bad currently about the curve an exaiination. 75X. Given derived fcoa tbe (total). H this scale along dollars) are deternined For this exaiple, let us by toward the This figure is an index, R, function shown below. and the the faculty, positive disposition a by 1. all eligible faculty Beabers represents the fraction of The ratio, B, n/M, = N is iDCfeaented 1(1), exact shape cf The the abscissa (expressed in adainistrAtion folicy assaae that fox is B = .75« aakecs. I (I) = 2C,00C. Individual Index Function R Figure The oext step is to 2 exaiine the relationship, Y, B(I). FiGB 34 between cc£ts« benefits, B(C), K(C), and This ouaber is arrived Depactient (the clinic). Medical fee the at by the clinic staff and lay be positive oc negative. Here again* an value, ¥« froa a function index, 1(C), is derived trcs this whose general shape is sbcwB belcw. (As before* t ha shape of the curve and the scale of the abscissa ace deterained by la this case, let as assvae that 1(C) the adainistcatioa.) = 5,000. Clinic Index function Figure 3 the overall index, I, is but and clinic indices. I = In this exaiple, 1(1) = 20,000 = the sua of the individual 1(C) 5, COG 25,000 Fron the earlier assuaption that egual£ 40,000 - direct benefit to cover th€ cost of 64,000 the or <-24«CC0. adaiaistration the progiaa by comprising the benefits that axe I then ctber aocds, the - e|A) In 40,000, is iasufficieat $24,000. The to index, I« realised by the individual faculty aesfcecs and adainisttation patticulix, is the ansnej is I by the clinic bck coapaced as to ^this >= |X|? Substituting is clearly yes. Thus, appraised by the difference. In <25,00€ the >»|-2U,000r?) decision is aade to continue the prograa. I£ the iadei bad additional benefits been had not less than X, i.e., been sufficieat to if the underwrite the deficit, the Faculty Health Survey program would have to b€ re-evaluated and possibly dCMngraded, PAGE 36 SuoaaEy and CodcIusIcds fIJ. No clear-cot costs ansvec to the and i:^De£its prograa been has found. adainistration* costs estiaating the H.I.T. Faculty the of problem of Fzci can can Health Survey standpoint the be quajAified* of the but not the clearly benefits. The Hedical Oepartient has act /identified the ccsta of tunoinq this prograa, as distinguished froa others, and DC policy has benefits. individual The originating, make-up. fpr Because treated as the aost part, adoinistraticr (the and that individual was fraction by the the progsaa. infpraaticn on of decisica-aakec) views benefits psychological his of data, the who participate in deficiency is costs froa represented box estiaation of for the both has cf the lack black a faculty oeabers ifflpoctant been established the of The aost hov the costs and benefits to the individual and to tke Hedical Oepartaent. In light of this situation, the best was felt to be that of outlining a bovi ccvrse of action cost-benefit analysis might be conducted, what inforaatioo shpuld be collected and how this infoxaation analysis. A result this of nuaerical study, shculd exaaple the incorporated be uas into also provided. the As a prcblea was foraalized called to its tost sensitive for increased benefits, structured, attention was aspects and new lines of action, and have emergedc Ihis stody nay serve the B.I.T. adainistjratian, as well as these of ether institutions »ith siailar programs, as a guide for collecting infcriation and subsequently evaluating PAGE 37 their programs. Its publication may also serve to inform the prime beneficiaries of the program (the faculty) and perhaps result in some change in their attitudes toward it. PAGE 38 BIEIIC66JFHX (1) *•' **"J"^' FP. 670-67 i., 12) _^f"^^'^.fi- "P!"°dic Hedical O.erhaul," The lancet, 1, Septeiber 26, 1953. -Hestinqhouse —B-' xheic Hvest.ent Hanageient Health Value, - Journal of OccAipaAicaal fledicine, 2, pp. 80-91, February, 1960, Exaninations 13) Durblia, 4. I., E. 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(10) Knixjht, ^ A., "The Valu€of Periodic Ejta.inaUons of Insurance Policyholders," Proceedings of the Association of Life insuiance Hedical Directors of Anerica, 8, p. 25., 1921-22. Life '^^^ rKfi!""'.. *':' *''°' *^^ LcndcD lS?8''«ay 29: ^Sfs!"' ili) Post, "Periodic Helath '°"'"'' °' «edicine, 258, p. rtetrcpolitan Life Insurance Co., "The Periodic aedical E.a.ination," Statistical Value of Bulletin of the MetrcFolitan Life Insurance Co., 3, pp. *^*^ * Noveaber, 1921. "n '^^^ "^*'* Cut-cf-Iown ExectiTe Checkup," ^nnrn^?' /l/' * "'-^i^i ^^^ Association, ^\ 157, "^^ p^. M\ TA January*"r^"° 159-160, 14, 1961. PAGE 39 (lU) Exa»lQations5 "Periodic Health S. , 6. Siegel, Departaent of SU. litecatuce, Abstracts £ec« the Service Health Public Welfare, Health, Education, and 1963. PublicatiQD No. 1010, Bacch, •• 3.B. Date Due '_ i-^t Kb 199) Ai-R. > 2t996 Lib-26-67 MIT LIBRARIES . 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