How to Align Evidence-Based Benefit Design With the Employer Bottom-Line: A Case Study.

The article presents a case study on Navistar Inc., major manufacturer of commercial trucks and engines in the U.S., which applies evidence-based benefit design (EBD). The fundamental elements of the company's measurement and management approach to EBD were projected. It presents the descriptive results on the direct and indirect cost and utilization trends of the company's U.S. active workforce during 2002 to 2008. The article discusses the evidence-based medicine and prevention programs.