• Archives of osteoporosis · Oct 2020

    Did changes to recommended testing criteria affect the rate of vitamin D testing among Australian women.

    • Louise Forsyth Wilson, Zhiwei Xu, Gita Devi Mishra, Annette Jane Dobson, and Jenny Doust.
    • NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence on Women and Non-communicable Diseases (CREWaND), School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia. l.wilson8@uq.edu.au.
    • Arch Osteoporos. 2020 Oct 16; 15 (1): 162.

    AbstractWe examine whether new government criteria designed to reduce overuse of vitamin D testing changed testing rates in Australian women. Although testing initially declined, the reduction was not sustained. Women who had more doctor visits and who had been tested previously were more likely to have vitamin D testing.

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