Objective To undertake an assessment of the health, financial and environmental impacts of
a well-recognised example of low-value care; inappropriate vitamin D testing. Design …

Abstract The United States Choosing Wisely initiative was started in 2012 by the American
Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and focused on reducing medical resource …

Importance Evidence comparing the consequences of Choosing Wisely recommendations
across health systems or with the consequences of recommendations plus policy change is …

Low‐value care threatened the sustainability of healthcare even before the COVID‐19
pandemic with up to 30% of care estimated to be wasteful—meaning it does not add value …

Routine vitamin D testing has been increasing owing to patient demand, attention in mass
media, correlational studies connecting vitamin D to various health concerns, and …

Overutilization of tests and treatments is a widespread problem in contemporary heath care,
and laboratory medicine is no exception. It is estimated that 10–70% of laboratory tests may …

Objectives To assess changes in the frequency of vitamin D testing and detection of
moderate/severe vitamin D deficiency (< 30 nmol/L) among adults after the introduction of …

Background Low-value care provides either a modest benefit or even no benefit at all to the
patient, while it is potentially harmful, may not reflect patient preferences, and may result in …

Vitamin D, traditionally well known for its role in maintaining optimal health through its
contribution to calcium metabolism and skeletal health, has received increased attention …

Sažetak Vitamin D testing is excessively used in clinical practice, despite of the clinical
guidelines statements against population screening for vitamin D deficiency. This study …