The rising cost of vitamin D testing in Australia : time to establish guidelines for testing

Kellie L. Bilinski; Steven C. Boyages

doi:10.5694/mja12.10561

The rising cost of vitamin D testing in Australia : time to establish guidelines for testing

Kellie L. Bilinski
, Steven C. Boyages

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

We analysed the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) to determine the economic impact of vitamin D testing in Australia from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2010.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	90-90
Number of pages	1
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	197
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/mja12.10561
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Australia
biochemical markers
budget
vitamin D

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The rising cost of vitamin D testing in Australia : time to establish guidelines for testing

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