Table 1.

Measurement Goals and Criteria for Managing Population Well-being

Goals of Measurement	Criteria
Comprehensively Capture Well-being	Correlation to previously validated well-being measures. Representation from each known well-being construct (ie, elements, subdimensions).
Valid and Reliable Psychometric Measurement	Chronbach α. Structural fit indices.
Predictive of Outcomes	Correlation to outcomes: productivity and health care utilization.
Diagnostic and Actionable for Intervention and Feedback	Representation of constructs used to trigger intervention programs and inform member feedback.
Ability to Compare Across Levels of Measurement	Comparable scoring systems across levels.