Costs of vitamin D testing and prescribing among children in primary care

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1405-1409

  Basatemur, Emre ^a   Hunter, Rachael ^b   Horsfall, Laura ^b   Sutcliffe, Alastair ^a   Rait, Greta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Healthcare costs; Primary care; The Health Improvement Network; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 85027296717     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-017-2986-9     Document Type: Article

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