Table 1.

Comparison of healthcare costs between wellness day participants and employees who did not participate

	Participated in wellness day	Did not participate in wellness day	P-value
	(n = 2867)	(n = 46789)
GP Visits (number in past 12 months)	2.86; 2.92-3.07	2.96; 3.07-3.11	>0.05
Hospital Admissions (number in past 12 months)	0.2; 0.53-0.56	0.31; 0.79-0.80	<0.0001
Chronic Medication (cost in ZAR)	466; 4 132–4 345	1 313; 4 579–4 819	<0.0001
GP Visits (cost in ZAR)	571; 736 - 774	644; 909 - 921	<0.0001
Hospital Admissions (cost in ZAR)	2 773;12 633–13 284	6 104;27 476–27 830	<0.0001
Total healthcare expenditure (cost in ZAR)	7 277;16 357 – 17 200	12 341; 33 305–33 735	<0.0001

(Mean; 95% CI).

Legend: ZAR – South African Rands.