Higher diet quality does not predict lower medicare costs but does predict number of claims in mid-aged Australian women

Nutrients

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-48

  Collins, Clare E ^a   Patterson, Amanda ^a   Fitzgerald, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet index; Diet quality; Diet scores; Health costs; Medicare; Nutrition surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN RECOMMENDED FOOD SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICARE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79952057957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu3010040     Document Type: Article

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