Details at Australian.com
Problem: 100X increase in vitamin D tests in a decade = increase costs
- 22,670 tests in 2000
- 2,200,000 tests in 2010
Solution: make the tests harder to get
See also VitaminDWiki - Australia seems to be following Canada
- Alberta Canada also overwhelmed with vitamin D tests - Jan 2011
- Canadians losing yet another free medical test - vitamin D Nov 2010
- 6th Canadian province may stop paying for vitamin D testing – Sept 2010 Ontario - and summarize others
- Vitamin D testing in Australia - huge increase in 11 years - July 2012