Cost Effectivity of Vitamin D - many studies

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VitaminDWiki pages with COST EFFECTIVE in title

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• Cost to prevent a COVID death: 11 dollars of Vitamin D - Nov 2022
• Giving free vitamin D to every Iranian would pay for itself by just reducing CVD – Oct 2021
• Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures – April 2019
• Biology of Vitamin D – 30ng min., 50ng preferred, 1000X lower cost than health problem – Feb 2019
• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure (might Vitamin D be worth several pounds)
• Romania joins Turkey in giving free Vitamin D to all infants – 2018
• A Health Insurance company is giving free Vitamin D to members who are deficient – Aug 2018
• Adding Iodine to salt added 11 percent to goiter states income (how much might vitamin D add) – July 2018
• Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe Feb 2017
• Employers gain 10 dollars in productivity for every dollar spent on giving Vitamin D for free
• ((Costs of Pregnancy much reduced by Vitamin D
• Vitamin D once during pregnancy reduced infant health care costs (300 times ROI) – RCT Dec 2015

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VitaminDWiki - Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant Nov 2016 contains

Outcome	Reduction due to improving vitamin D status
Cancer	15 %
Cardiovascular Disease	14 %
Dementia	7 %
Diabetes Mellitus	18 %
Multiple Sclerosis	40 %
Osteoporosis (hip fractures)	22 %
Respiratory infections	25 %
Average Reduction	16 %    (20% ?)

• Population of Canada = 32 million, so cost saving is $187 to $562 million per million population

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Cost savings with Vitamin D includes the following

• Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran) – Jan 2022
• Giving free vitamin D to every Iranian would pay for itself by just reducing CVD – Oct 2021
• Medical problems are thought to be a cause of 66 percent of bankruptcies – April 2019
• Vitamin D is the 3rd most important contributor to health, following exercise and food
• 10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019
• Employers should give night shift workers free vitamin D – GMB Union June 2019
• Biology of Vitamin D – 30ng min., 50ng preferred, 1000X lower cost than health problem – Feb 2019
• Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
• ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017
• Cost of US health exceeds the cost of food
• Curing patients is not a sustainable business model – Goldman Sachs – April 2018
• Medical insurance does not compensate for job loss by older workers who are hospitalized – Sept 2016
• If you cannot readily get medical treatment, consider Alternative Med such as vitamin D