Table 1 Unadjusted participant characteristics (N=1,570)

Dependent variable

Aggregate future medical expenditures $

$8,096 ($28,522)

0.00%

Predictors

Health-related employer support

Emotional support

82.87%

1.85%

Physical support

90.06%

1.15%

Learns or does interesting things at work

83.82%

0.06%

Has fun at work

74.52%

0.32%

Has enough resources to do job well

87.71%

0.51%

Satisfied with job

93.50%

0.51%

Uses strengths every day at work

83.06%

0.13%

Supervisor creates a trusting and open environment

73.06%

8.79%

Employer not downsizing (job security)

91.21%

2.48%

Typical Hours/week

40.78 (9.81)

1.97%

Pain

46.00%

0.00%

Charlson comorbidity index score

0.45 (1.19)

0.00%

Asthma (ever told)

15.29%

0.06%

High blood pressure (ever told)

24.90%

0.06%

High cholesterol (ever told)

24.97%

0.13%

Current smoker

12.74%

0.00%

Male

41.27%

0.00%

Age (years)

45.77 (10.95)

0.00%

Body mass index

28.26 (6.37)

3.38%

Emotional health index (out of 10)

8.450 (2.26)

0.57%

Health insurance type

3.50%

PPO

64.95%

HMO-gate keeper

18.88%

HMO-open access or POS

12.67%

Indemnity

3.50%

Monthly household income

17.51%

$0 to $1,999

6.24%

$2,000 to $2,999

8.98%

$3,000 to $3,999

12.42%

$4,000 to $4,999

12.23%

$5,000 to $7,499

20.38%

$7,500 to $9,999

9.30%

$10,000 and over

12.93%

Spouse or partner

74.52%

0.64%

Number of children under 18 in household

0.78 (1.07)

0.06%

Census region

0.00%

Midwest

96.43%

Northeast

0.51%

South

1.21%

West

0.96%

Health system–state level

Hospital beds per 1,000 population

3.73 (0.67)

0.00%

Active family, General, General Internal Medicine, Pediatric, Medical Specialty Surgical Specialty, and Psychiatry physicians per 10,000 population

14.38 (1.98)

0.00%