Benefits Without Baselines: The Data Disconnect in Corporate Healthcare

42% of employers admit they do not track the impact of menopause or maternal health challenges on retention and absenteeism.

Boston MA -- October 8: Women's health is no longer simply a benefits conversation; it is a core talent retention and productivity strategy.

Yet, the Women's Health Infrastructure Report 2026 reveals a stark disconnect in how these programs are evaluated and justified to the C-suite. Employers are demanding measurable outcomes, but they lack the baseline tracking to prove success.

While awareness of women's health challenges continues to grow, a massive measurement gap exists. The largest share of respondents (42%) are entirely blind to the data, while others report moderate (26%) or no measurable impact (16%). As corporate healthcare costs continue to climb, improving visibility into workforce impacts is an urgent priority.

"The challenge is that women's-health burden is unusually easy to miss in workforce data because much of it is masked before it is ever measured... absenteeism, presenteeism and productivity loss can be recorded without the underlying women's-health driver ever becoming visible. Closing that gap will require more than better tracking - it will require changing how these conditions are acknowledged..."

Jacob Marx

CEO, Foravisét - Lead Research Partner

This finding represents just one of dozens of insights uncovered through the Women's Health Infrastructure Report 2026, a cross-sector study bringing together perspectives from health plans, providers, employers, clinicians, life sciences organisations and innovators.

The full report features detailed findings, expert commentary, benchmark data and practical implications for healthcare leaders looking to understand where women's health is heading next.

Lead Research Partner