Vitamin D and health care costs: Results from two independent population-based cohort studies

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 2149-2155

  Hannemann, A ^a   Wallaschofski, H ^a   Nauck, M ^a   Marschall, P ^b   Flessa, S ^b   Grabe, H J ^a   Schmidt, C O ^a   Baumeister, S E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Hospitalization; Population based study; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85034428697     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.10.014     Document Type: Article

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