Abstract
Surprisingly, only limited studies have examined the relationship between diet quality and the health care costs to government or to individuals. Additionally, very few studies have examined whether diet quality is able to predict future health care costs.
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- AIHW:
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- ALSWH:
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Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
- ARFS:
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Australian Recommended Food Score
- DALY:
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Disability-adjusted life years
- DQES:
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Dietary Questionnaire for Epidemiological Studies
- DQI:
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Diet Quality Index
- DQS:
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Diet Quality Score
- EPC:
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Enhanced Primary Care
- FFQ:
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Food Frequency Questionnaire
- HDI:
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Healthy Diet Indicator
- HEI:
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Healthy Eating Index
- HFI:
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Healthy Food Index
- HMO:
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Health Maintenance Organization
- MDS:
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Mediterranean Diet Score
- RFS:
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Recommended Food Score
- SENECA:
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Survey in Europe on Nutrition and the Elderly; a Concerted Action
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The ALSWH is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. CE Collins is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council NHMRC career development fellowship. We thank all participants in ALSWH for their valuable contribution to this project.
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Collins, C., Hure, A., Burrows, T., Patterson, A. (2013). Diet Quality and Its Potential Cost Savings. In: Preedy, V., Hunter, LA., Patel, V. (eds) Diet Quality. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7339-8_4
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