Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.     Critique

OVERALL SELECTION TASK FORCE CRITERIA
FOR GLAXOWELLCOME

The strengths of this program included an excellent program model, good participation, health and safety features, options and choices evaluation, claims analyses, documented risk reductions, and external evaluation from Hewitt, with documented decreases in sick days and in disability and a strong intention to treat design.  This is a very strong program

Reviewer concerns were that the design does not entirely eliminate external factors (such as the merger) leading to nonspecific changes over time.  The trends look positive but might parallel a secular trend.  The reviewers would like to have seen attrition rates for smokers.  The findings should be published and there were some weaknesses perceived on economic analysis, particularly with health benefit claims data. The program was noted to be lacking some of the newer technology of health promotion and disease prevention, such as high-risk intervention and self-care.