The Effects of Telecommuting Intensity on Employee Health.

Purpose: To investigate the influence of the intensity of telecommuting on employee health.

Design: Study design comprised a longitudinal analysis of employee demographic data, medical claims, health risk assessment data, and remote connectivity hours.

Setting: Data from Prudential Financial served as the setting.

Developing alternative methods for determining the incidence, prevalence, and cost burden of coronary heart disease in a corporate population.

Objective: To determine the most appropriate methods for estimating the prevalence and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD), the associated risk factors, and health care costs in a corporate setting.

Methods: Using medical insurance claims data for the period of 2005-2009 from 18 companies in the Thomson Reuters MarketScan reg database, we evaluated three alternative methods.

Results: Prevalence of CHD ranged from 2.