Discovery Vitality Programme

Discovery Vitality Programme

Discovery

Category

Mental health conditions

Country

South Africa

Description

The Vitality programme of the South African insurance company Discovery provides incentives for people to live a healthier life. Those in the programme begin with a full health review, which assigns them a “Vitality age” and prescribes a pathway to better health—covering disease management, smoking, mental health, preventive health, nutrition, and physical activity. The Vitality age is easy for patients to understand: a Vitality age higher than your chronological age is clearly a bad thing, and the reverse is clearly good. Through following their prescribed pathway, participants can reduce their Vitality age and earn Vitality points, which can be exchanged for benefits