Table 1.

Summary of national infant vitamin D supplementation policies ranked by adherence rates in different European countries.

Country	Adherencerate (%)	National policy	Universal supplementation	Vitamin D started on day 1–5	Information at NNU discharge	Free supply	Financial family support	Child health surveillance	Monitoring adherence at surveillance	Mandatory surveillance visits to claim benefit	National monitoring adherence	Food Fortification	Total number of factors
Austria	98	√	√	√	√		√	√	√	√			8
Hungary	98	√	√		√		√	√	√	√		√	8
Israel	80–97	√	√	√	√		√	√	√		√	√	9
Czech Republic	95	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√				8
Netherlands	90–95	√	√		√		√	√	√			√	7
Sweden	90	√	√		√	√	√	√	√			√	8
France	90	√	√	√	√	√	√	√		√		√	9
Estonia	90	√	√		√	√	√	√	√			√	8
Lithuania	90	√	√		√		√	√	√				6
Macedonia	90	√	√	√	√		√	√	√	√			8
Germany	70–90	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√				8
Belgium	70–90	√	√	√	√		√	√	√			√	8
Finland	85	√	√		√		√	√	√			√	7
Russia	80	√			√		√	√	√			√	6
Turkey	80	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√		√		9
Albania	80	√	√			√	√	√	√	√		√	8
Bulgaria	70–80	√	√		√		√	√		√			6
Norway	75	√	√		√	√*	√	√	√			√	8
Romania	70	√	√	√	√	√	√						6
Switzerland	70	√	√	√	√		√	√					6
Poland	65–70	√	√	√	√		√	√				√	7
Denmark	60–70	√	√		√		√	√	√		√		7
Portugal	50–70	√	√				√	√	√				5
Italy	50–60			√	√	√*		√		√			5
Spain	50–64	√	√					√					3
Ireland	59	√	√	√	√		√	√	√			√	8
Serbia	45	√		√	√			√				√	5
Greece	30	√										√	2
UK	20	√				√*	√	√				√	5

Factors significantly associated with adherence are highlighted.

^√*Free only for certain groups.