EAP Cost Effectiveness

In 1995 Blum and Morgan conducted a review of the coat-effectiveness of EAPs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration commissioned this review. Blum and Morgan found: All of the published studies indicate that EAPs are cost-effective. There is no published evidence that EAPs are harmful to corporate economies or to individual employees. Blum and Morgan go on to conclude: In this report we have considered what the appropriate role of the EAPs might be, with attention to their contributions to the prevention of mental health problems, especially alcoholism and other drug dependence. We examined numerous studies that consistently demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of EAPs. In Canada, the annual cost of lost productivity from health and emotional problems is estimated to be as high as 14 billion dollars. Research shows that 90% of employees benefit from using EAP services. Investment benefit analysis proves that employers save $4 to $17 dollars per dollar invested. Almost all large and most mid-size organizations offer some form of EAP to their employees. Employees in any occupational sector can benefit from an EAP.