Pages tagged with "Cost savings"

180 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Summary of Vitamin D Cost-Effectiveness in VitaminDWiki
• MAHA: summary of the progress made in just 18 months - Aug 2026
• 12 Vitamin D experts - summary of video -May 2026
• 28 pct of dark skinned people in UK not heard of vitamin D and 54 pct not know symptoms
• Overview of Vitamin D Wiki for Fraser Health
• The Top 10 Medical Expenses Can All Be Lowered by One Cheap Vitamin
• Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies
• Hay fever (Allergic Rhinitis) and Vitamin D - many studies
• Vitamin D is needed before many surgeries – many studies and RCTs
• Surgical outcomes are better for higher levels of Vitamin D – systematic review
• 5000 IU Vitamin D daily resulted in lower health care costs - RCT
• Vitamin D once during pregnancy reduced infant health care costs (300 times ROI) – RCT
• 18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT
• 10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT
• Omega-3 reduced cost of Sepsis by 2900 dollars per patient (12 RCT)
• Pregnant women were 2.6 times more likely to stop smoking when given financial rewards – RCT
• US Healthcare spending to consume 20% of GDP by 2028
• Health insurance companies lose money if you become healthier
• Hill's criteria say low vitamin D causes 9 health problems (cancer, CVD, diabetes, MS, dementia, etc.) - review
• Top 10 chronic health problems of seniors are all related to low vitamin D
• Medicine started moving from prevention to treatment in 1979
• Preterm births are VERY costly
• $5 a year of Vitamin D could prevent 2.5 million US diabetes cases while saving money
• Sick people are more profitable than healthy ones
• Cost savings with Vitamin D
• 10 reasons why US medical care costs so much
• Perhaps 4,000 dollars annual less health care costs per person if supplemented with 5 dollars of Vitamin D
• Many Americans now have a direct financial stake in staying healthy
• If Vitamin D could be patented, it would be the highest-selling drug- Grant podcast May 2026
• The top 10 medical expenses can all be decreased by vitamin D
• America's #1 industry and #1 employer: keeping you sick
• Vitamin D is unprofitable, so medicine ignores it
• Vitamin D might reduce military costs for UC and CD
• How might hospitals be incentivised to have healthier patients
• Adding Iodine to salt added 11 percent to goiter states income (how much might vitamin D add)
• Which organizations save money when their members take vitamin D?
• VA showed increased vitamin D associated with lower health costs - Lancet
• Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D
• Vitamin D Webinar - cost of preterm birth etc- Baggerly
• Curing patients is not a sustainable business model – Goldman Sachs
• Top 10 chronic health problems of children, women, pregnancies, seniors, and darker skins are fought by Vitamin D
• Nutrition courses in only 1 in 4 medical schools – JAMA
• Breast Cancer prevention with vitamin D might reduce number of mammograms by 4X
• All of the top 10 chronic health problems of blacks are associated with low vitamin D
• The Potential Synergy Between Vitamin D and GLP-1 Medications for Enhanced Weight Loss
• Getting too little sun is 3X more expensive than too much (AU NZ: WHO found 2200X)
• Employers gain 10 dollars in productivity for every dollar spent on giving Vitamin D for free
• Obesity weight loss drugs might be cost-effective for employers
• Severely Obese employee (BMI over 39) costs employer 2X as much annually
• Vitamin D and Iodine are similar, and both are deficient and important to health
• Depression cost-effectively reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (Iranian teens)
• Vitamin D for all senior Germans would cost-effectively prevent 30,000 cancer deaths annually
• 400,000 IU of Vitamin D before surgery should cost-effectively reduce infection after knee replacement
• Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews
• Presenteeism reduces productivity (Vitamin D can help)
• Spinal fusion patients often low on vitamin D
• Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO
• The Dutch are no longer re-embursed for Vitamin D
• Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran)
• Increase life expectancy by 2 years if double Vitamin D levels – Grant
• Kidney Dialysis clinics reluctant to add vitamin D treatment as they are not reimbursed
• Preterm birth cost for employers approximately 50,000 dollars
• Severe asthmatics willing to pay 5180 dollars for relief, Vitamin D needed costs only 45 dollars
• Estimated cost savings of getting most Canadians to 40 ng of Vitamin D - 2016
• Rotator Cuff repair using Vitamin D lowers medical cost by 46 dollars
• Hospital costs higher for those with low vitamin D (7,000 Germans in their 50's)
• Reduce 4 health problems by a quarter if increase Vitamin D to 30 ng – Saudi Arabia, Grant
• Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant
• VA found less testing for vitamin D resulted in increased health costs
• People with extremely low vitamin D levels consume 2X more health care dollars – 2018
• Dutch Vitamin D cost-effectivity Calculations (they prescribe 100,000 IU for Multiple Sclerosis)
• Health Insurance company still giving free Vitamin D to members who are deficient
• Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe
• 2,000 IU of Vitamin D daily to German Seniors would save 30,000 lives a year
• Effects of low vitamin D on pregnancy and neonate – review
• Health Care Systems will save money by introducing vitamin D
• Black veterans have worse health and low vitamin D, yet are not tested as much
• Do not expect a doctor to recommend a pill which will eliminate his job (vitamin D)
• ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week
• Dr. Grant on vitamin D and mortality in VitaminDWiki
• Vitamin D Call for Action: at least 1,000 IU (free is cost-effective)
• Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D
• Mild to moderate persistent asthma cost-effectively treated by Vitamin D
• Vitamin D cost-effectively treats Multiple Sclerosis
• Many large companies are trying to reduce health problems and costs (Vitamin D can help)
• Off topic – More money to be made in TREATING cancer than PREVENTING it – NYT
• Very cost-effective to fortify plus supplement with Vitamin D (flour and 400 IU for all children)
• Giving free vitamin D to every Iranian would pay for itself by just reducing CVD
• NASA might save 700,000 dollars a day by giving astronauts enough Vitamin D
• More likely to report that productvitiy was effected by health problems if low vitamin D - 2012
• Vitamin D associated with better self-rated health in male employees
• Optimum Vitamin D for bones might be 40 ng
• On the job sleepiness 2.2X more likely if low vitamin D
• In-vitro Fertilization costs at least 10,000 dollars, Vitamin D costs 5 dollars
• Aetna and Walgreens and United Way Continue Vitamin D Giveaways
• How Vitamin D helps fight the cold, flu and other viruses
• ICU death rate reduced 3X when a vitamin D injection changed the PTH
• Cost of US health exceeds the cost of food
• Many in US can no longer afford the total cost of health care - Kaiser 2019
• Autoimmune diseases often treated by Vitamin D, Zinc at 100 X less cost
• Medical problems are thought to be a cause of 66 percent of bankruptcies
• Medical insurance does not compensate for job loss by older workers who are hospitalized
• Biology of Vitamin D – 30ng min., 50ng preferred, 1000X lower cost than health problem
• Employers should give night shift workers free vitamin D – GMB Union
• Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D
• If you cannot readily get medical treatment, consider Alternative Med such as vitamin D
• Hospitalization costs reduced ~3,000 dollars when intravenous nutrition was augmented with Omega-3
• A smoker costs a company 5816 dollars every year
• Health Care Costs in US are increasing - infographics and Vitamin D
• MRSA inpatient cost 2X higher if less than 20 ng vitamin D
• Deployment of Preventive Interventions have been proven many times, but rarely implemented
• Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures
• Osteoporosis treatment – Vitamin D is the most cost-effective
• Workplace benefts VP likes Vitamin D
• 4,200,000,000,000 dollars for wellness
• Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D
• Higher vitamin D might result in higher productivity – 2017
• Some employers offer vitamin D testing, some doctors reduce doses, even if deficient
• Out-of-Pocket health care costs and employer Health Insurance - 2017
• Employer alliance is trying to reduce the cost of health care
• Off topic: 41 percent of US insured now have to pay the first 1000 dollars of medical charges
• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure (might Vitamin D be worth several pounds)
• Diabetes Prevention Program funded by many (Vitamin D would be much better)
• UK patients given vitamin D for 3 months were 16 percent less likely to be readmitted
• Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 2010
• Emotional Value of a Product (such as Vitamin D)
• US people pay more for health care and die sooner (Vitamin D could help)
• US healthcare again ranked worst, as it has for 20 years
• Heart Attack ICU costs reduced $37,000 by $20 of Vitamin D
• Half of the people in the US pay 1 thousand dollars annually to get medical treatment (deductibles)
• Pure North (Calgary) improves health by raising vitamin D to 60 ng
• Off topic: Malpractice costs around the world
• Far more lobbyists will OPPOSE Vitamin D than PROMOTE Vitamin D
• US Healthcare is 2X more expensive than in other countries - what can be done
• Give Vitamin D to all fracture patients – cost effective to prevent nonunions
• How employers can save a million dollars per 1,000 pregnancies
• Much higher hospital costs (ICU and pneumonia) if low vitamin D
• IBD less costly when treated with vitamin D3 compared to D2
• Economic interventions to improve health – review 2016
• A US hospital director is now 30 X less likely to have medical training than 30 years ago
• Vitamin D supplementation of all pregnant women (in UK) would be cost effective – just considering preeclampsia
• Costs of Pregnancy much reduced by Vitamin D
• Mistreated – book by Dr. Robert Pearl
• Should prescribe Vitamin D with bisphophonates – computer reminder increased action by 3.6 X
• Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D
• If pregnant and achieve high vitamin D, we propose 400 dollar insurance rebate
• More hospitals or more Vitamin D – your choice
• Kaiser working to decrease hip and other fractures
• Omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy reduce early preterm births (save 1500 USD per child)
• Opportunity: Enhance Workplace Wellness programs with Vitamin D
• Staph infection reduced 50 percent when have more than 30 ng of vitamin D
• UK would save as least 636 million dollars annually by giving 800 IU vitamin D free to all seniors
• Vitamin D deficiency again associated with higher cost of health care
• ICU time is 2X more likely to be longer than 2 days if vitamin D less than 20 ng
• Can Vitamin D be a Cure to Health Care Sustainability (question mark) – symposium
• Some form of vitamin D may be the lowest cost treatment for CKD – Spanish
• HMO extra
• Fraser Health in Canada will be giving 20000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce falls
• Save 2 billion dollars annually in fractures if take Vitamin D and Calcium – Frost and Sullivan
• Vitamin D supplementation can cost 50 dollars a day (live longer)
• Adults only need 400-800 IU of vitamin D - Group Health HMO
• Lung cancer death reduction: CT scan or Vitamin D – which is 40X less expensive
• 540000 IU before ICU raised vitamin D by 25 ng in 2 days
• Rickets: Less costly to prevent than to treat SE Asians in UK – 2006
• HMOs will save millions of dollars with vitamin D
• Types of US Health Care Systems
• How Health Insurance could profit from vitamin D
• Hospital stay 6 days longer for nursing home residents with low vitamin D
• Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer associated with more than 15 ng of vitamin D in HMO Cohort
• Off topic: Healthcare Needs Insurance Companies Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle
• Shorter time in ICU if have higher level of vitamin D
• Michael Holick – reduce health care costs 25 percent – interview
• 15 minutes of education improved vitamin D compliance
• HMO Data collection and analysis
• HMO Benefit and risk
• Companies and individuals will benefit from more vitamin D
• Virtually all veterans in ICU had vitamin D less than 32 ng
• Coloradans paid by Kaiser to lose weight
• BUPA is an HMO in the UK which can benefit from vitamin D
• Patients low on vitamin D stay in hospital longer after thyroid removal