Cost-effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation and exercise in preventing injurious falls among older home-dwelling women: findings from an RCT

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 193-201

  Patil, R ^a   Kolu, P ^a   Raitanen, J ^a,b   Valvanne, J ^b,c,d,e   Kannus, P ^a,b,e   Karinkanta, S ^a   Sievanen H ^a   Uusi Rasi, K ^a,e  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Purchasing Committee for the Promotion of Senior Citizens Welfare   (Finland)

^d Jyvaskyla University   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Elderly; Exercise; Injurious falls; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; KINESIOTHERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN D; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84954401457     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-015-3240-9     Document Type: Article

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