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Economic evaluation of vitamin D and calcium food fortification for fracture prevention in Germany
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Sandmann, Arne Amling, Michael Barvencik, Florian König, Hans-Helmut Bleibler, Florian |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Objective: The study evaluates the economic benefit of population-wide vitamin D and Ca food fortification in Germany.Design: Based on a spreadsheet model, we compared the cost of a population-wide vitamin D and Ca food-fortification programme with the potential cost savings from prevented fractures in the German female population aged 65 years and older.Setting: The annual burden of disease and the intervention cost were assessed for two scenarios: (i) no food fortification; and (ii) voluntary food fortification with 20 µg (800 IU) of cholecalciferol (vitamin $D_{3}$) and 200 mg of Ca. The analysis considered six types of fractures: hip, clinical vertebral, humerus, wrist, other femur and pelvis.Subjects: Subgroups of the German population defined by age and sex.Results: The implementation of a vitamin D and Ca food-fortification programme in Germany would lead to annual net cost savings of €315 million and prevention of 36 705 fractures in the target population.Conclusions: Vitamin D and Ca food fortification is an economically beneficial preventive health strategy that has the potential to reduce the future health burden of osteoporotic fractures in Germany. The implementation of a vitamin D and Ca food-fortification programme should be a high priority for German health policy makers because it offers substantial cost-saving potential for the German health and social care systems. |
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| Ending Page | 1883 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| Starting Page | 1874 |
| ISSN | 13689800 |
| e-ISSN | 14752727 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980015003171 |
| Journal | Public Health Nutrition |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Volume Number | 20 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2017-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Public Health Nutrition Public Health and Health Services Vitamin D Food Fortification Fracture Prevention Cost Savings Economic Evaluation Nutrition Policy |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
