A Cost-effectiveness and Return-on-Investment Analysis of a Worksite Vitality Intervention Among Older Hospital Workers

CRITIQUE ON CE AND ROI STUDY
Name:
Student Id:
Instructor’s Name
Date of Submission:
The ratio of old to young has been increasing in the European countries, triggering an urge to conduct a study on how to ensure a continuous workforce with minimal vitality. Van Dongen et al. (2011) carry out a study among the 730 hospital workers to determine the cost-effectiveness on costs (CE) and investments’ returns (ROI) on intervention in vitality at worksites usual care. Despite the positive result on vitality, cost-effectiveness and investment returns are still wanting as there was no significant relationship with vitality. To be specific, the cost under vitality increases by €2.21 on each pound invested in vitality.
The study uses relatively small samples, and the result therein may not reflect the true state of affairs. The study targeted the old, who are to increase to about1/3 of the population and using a 730 sample can lead to unrealistic results. As the case focuses on cost reduction and increasing return on investment, having vitality rate as an independent variable may be irrational as an investment does not entirely depend on energy but rather on individuals' skills and competencies in planning their finances. The vitality variable is only a moderating factor to cost-effectiveness. The overall merit of this study, therefore, is medium (see appendix).
The researchers van Dongen et al. (2011) give encouraging findings on this study, particularly o the vitality rate. Inv...