Cost savings with Vitamin D

160 items include:

• Vitamin D has been found to be cost-effective by many studies
• Estimated cost savings of getting most Canadians to 40 ng of Vitamin D - 2016
• Severe asthmatics willing to pay 5180 dollars for relief, Vitamin D needed costs only 45 dollars – Sept 2023
• People with extremely low vitamin D levels consume 2X more health care dollars – 2018
• Reduce 4 health problems by a quarter if increase Vitamin D to 30 ng – Saudi Arabia, Grant March 2023
• The top 10 medical expenses can all be decreased by vitamin D
• VA showed increased vitamin D associated with lower health costs - Lancet May 2012
• Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran) – Jan 2022
• People with extremely low vitamin D levels consume 2X more health care dollars – 2018
• Giving free vitamin D to every Iranian would pay for itself by just reducing CVD – Oct 2021
• Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
• 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 gain 10 dollars in productivity for every dollar spent on giving Vitamin D for free
• 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
• Dutch Vitamin D cost-effectivity Calculations (they prescribe 100,000 IU for Multiple Sclerosis) – Jan 2022
• Vitamin D is needed before many surgeries – many studies and RCTs
• 10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019
• ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017
• If you cannot readily get medical treatment, consider Alternative Med such as vitamin D

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25 Items in both categories: "Cost savings with Vitamin D" and "Trauma & Surgery"

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Note: Annual health premiums increases 2X, deductables increased 3X

Workers Pay More for Health Care as Companies Shift Burden, Survey Finds NYT Sept 2016

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Here are all of the 160 Cost Savings articles