- 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 most 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
25 Items in both categories: "Cost savings with Vitamin D" and "Trauma & Surgery"
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400,000 IU of Vitamin D before surgery should cost-effectively reduce infection after knee replacement – May 2020
-
Rotator Cuff repair using Vitamin D lowers medical cost by 46 dollars – June 2023
-
Vitamin D is needed before most surgeries – many studies and RCTs
-
10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019
-
Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
-
Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D – Jan 2018
-
ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017
-
Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews March 2017
-
Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D – April 2016
-
Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016
-
18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016
-
ICU death rate reduced 3X when a vitamin D injection changed the PTH – Nov 2015
-
Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
-
Heart Attack ICU costs reduced $37,000 by $20 of Vitamin D – Nov 2015
-
Surgical outcomes are better for higher levels of Vitamin D – systematic review May 2015
-
Shorter time in ICU if have higher level of vitamin D – April 2012
-
Spinal fusion patients often low on vitamin D - Nov 2011
-
Staph infection reduced 50 percent when have more than 30 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011
-
Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies
-
MRSA inpatient cost 2X higher if less than 20 ng vitamin D – June 2011
-
540000 IU before ICU raised vitamin D by 25 ng in 2 days – March 2011
-
ICU time is 2X more likely to be longer than 2 days if vitamin D less than 20 ng – Mar 2011
-
Virtually all veterans in ICU had vitamin D less than 32 ng – Jan 2011
-
Patients low on vitamin D stay in hospital longer after thyroid removal – Dec 2010
-
HMOs will save millions of dollars with vitamin D
Note: Annual health premiums increases 2X, deductables increased 3X
Workers Pay More for Health Care as Companies Shift Burden, Survey Finds NYT Sept 2016
Here are all of the 158 Cost Savings articles
- wiki page:
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Vitamin D for all senior Germans would cost-effectively prevent 30,000 cancer deaths annually - March 2021
-
400,000 IU of Vitamin D before surgery should cost-effectively reduce infection after knee replacement – May 2020
-
How might hospitals be incentivized to have healthier patients
-
The Dutch are no longer re-embursed for Vitamin D - April 2024
-
Estimated cost savings of getting most Canadians to 40 ng of Vitamin D - 2016
-
Health Care Costs are reduced by Vitamin D
-
US Healthcare spending to consume 20% of GDP by 2028
-
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
-
Depression would be cost-effectively decreased in teens by Vitamin D (Iran) – July 2023
-
Vitamin D has been found to be cost-effective by many studies
-
Rotator Cuff repair using Vitamin D lowers medical cost by 46 dollars – June 2023
-
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
-
Vitamin D is needed before most surgeries – many studies and RCTs
-
Breast Cancer prevention with vitamin D might reduce number of mammograms by 4X – Aug 2022
-
Dutch Vitamin D cost-effectivity Calculations (they prescribe 100,000 IU for Multiple Sclerosis) – Jan 2022
-
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
-
2,000 IU of Vitamin D daily to German Seniors would save 30,000 lives a year – March 2021
-
On the job sleepiness 2.2X more likely if low vitamin D – Feb 2020
-
Medical problems are thought to be a cause of 66 percent of bankruptcies – April 2019
-
Many in US can no longer afford the total cost of health care - Kaiser 2019
-
10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019
-
Hay fever decreases productivity, Vitamin D can help - many studies
-
Employers should give night shift workers free vitamin D – GMB Union June 2019
-
How Vitamin D helps fight the cold, flu and other viruses - June 2019
-
Off topic: HIV drug developed and patented by US govt costs 1780 dollars but only 8 in Australia - May 2019
-
Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures – April 2019
-
Medicaid pays for 70 percent of US pregnancies for women under age 25 – April 2019
-
Insulin prices and usage are soaring
-
Workplace benefts VP likes Vitamin D – March 2019
-
Biology of Vitamin D – 30ng min., 50ng preferred, 1000X lower cost than health problem – Feb 2019
-
Presenteeism reduces productivity (Vitamin D can help)
-
Higher vitamin D might result in higher productivity – 2017
-
4,200,000,000,000 dollars for wellness – Oct 2018
-
Some employers offer vitamin D testing, some doctors reduce doses, even if deficient – July 2018
-
Out-of-Pocket health care costs and employer Health Insurance - 2017
-
Many large companies are trying to reduce health problems and costs (Vitamin D can help)
-
Medical insurance does not compensate for job loss by older workers who are hospitalized – Sept 2016
-
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) – Aug 2018
-
Health Insurance company still giving free Vitamin D to members who are deficient – Oct 2023
-
Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 2010 – April 2018
-
Perhaps 4,000 dollars annual less health care costs if supplement with 5 dollars of Vitamin D
-
Adding Iodine to salt added 11 percent to goiter states income (how much might vitamin D add) – July 2018
-
Emotional Value of a Product (such as Vitamin D)
-
US healthcare again ranked worst, as it has for 20 years – June 2018
-
Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
-
Deployment of Preventive Interventions have been proven many times, but rarely implemented – May 2018
-
Half of the people in the US pay 1 thousand dollars annually to get medical treatment (deductibles) – May 2018
-
Omega-3 reduced cost of Sepsis by 2900 dollars per patient (12 RCT) – April 2018
-
Curing patients is not a sustainable business model – Goldman Sachs – April 2018
-
US Healthcare is 2X more expensive than in other countries - what can be done
-
Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D – Jan 2018
-
How employers can save a million dollars per 1,000 pregnancies
-
Preterm birth cost for employers approximately 50,000 dollars – Oct 2017
-
NASA might save 700,000 dollars a day by giving astronauts enough Vitamin D
-
Hospital costs higher for those with low vitamin D (7,000 Germans in their 50's) – Nov 2017
-
A US hospital director is now 30 X less likely to have medical training than 30 years ago – Oct 2017
-
1 in 4 medical schools have a nutrition course and nutrition counseling is rarely reimbursed, – JAMA Sept 2017
-
Employer alliance is trying to reduce the cost of health care – Aug 2017
-
Should prescribe Vitamin D with bisphophonates – computer reminder increased action by 3.6 X – June 2017
-
Mistreated – book by Dr. Robert Pearl - May 2017
-
ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017
-
Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe Feb 2017
-
Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews March 2017
-
If pregnant and achieve high vitamin D, we propose 400 dollar insurance rebate
-
Preterm births are VERY costly – Feb 2017
-
More hospitals or more Vitamin D – your choice
-
Far more lobbyists will OPPOSE Vitamin D than PROMOTE Vitamin D
-
Economic interventions to improve health – review 2016
-
Pregnant women were 2.6 times more likely to stop smoking when given financial rewards – RCT Jan 2015
-
Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D – April 2016
-
Health Care Costs in US are increasing - infographics and Vitamin D - Dec 2016
-
Costs of Pregnancy much reduced by Vitamin D
-
Give Vitamin D to all fracture patients – cost effective to prevent nonunions – Aug 2016
-
Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant Nov 2016
-
Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016
-
US people pay more for health care and die sooner (Vitamin D could help) - Aug 2016
-
Omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy reduce early preterm births (save 1500 USD per child) – Aug 2016
-
UK patients given vitamin D for 3 months were 16 percent less likely to be readmitted – Sept 2016
-
Vitamin D once during pregnancy reduced infant health care costs (300 times ROI) – RCT Dec 2015
-
Vitamin D associated with better self-rated health in male employees – June 2016
-
18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016
-
Vitamin D supplementation of all pregnant women (in UK) would be cost effective – just considering preeclampsia – March 2016
-
ICU death rate reduced 3X when a vitamin D injection changed the PTH – Nov 2015
-
Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
-
Cost savings with Vitamin D
-
Off topic – More money to be made in TREATING cancer than PREVENTING it – NYT Dec 2015
-
Concierge medicine would benefit from healthier patients (vitamin D)
-
Much higher hospital costs (ICU and pneumonia) if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
-
Heart Attack ICU costs reduced $37,000 by $20 of Vitamin D – Nov 2015
-
Do not expect a doctor to recommend a pill which will eliminate his job (vitamin D)
-
Vitamin D deficiency again associated with higher cost of health care – April 2015
-
Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D
-
Off topic: 41 percent of US insured now have to pay the first 1000 dollars of medical charges – May 2015
-
Surgical outcomes are better for higher levels of Vitamin D – systematic review May 2015
-
Effects of low vitamin D on pregnancy and neonate – review Jan 2015
-
Save 2 billion dollars annually in fractures if take Vitamin D and Calcium – Frost and Sullivan Sept 2013
-
Pure North (Calgary) improves health by raising vitamin D to 60 ng
-
Canadian foundation (Pure North) prevents chronic disease with 60 ng Vitamin D
-
Optimum Vitamin D for bones might be 40 ng – Oct 2014
-
Adults only need 400-800 IU of vitamin D - Group Health HMO July 2014
-
UK would save as least 636 million dollars annually by giving 800 IU vitamin D free to all seniors – June 2014
-
Lung cancer death reduction: CT scan or Vitamin D – which is 40X less expensive
-
Can Vitamin D be a Cure to Health Care Sustainability (question mark) – symposium May 2014
-
Vitamin D Webinar - cost of pre-term birth etc- Baggerly Nov 2013
-
A smoker costs a company 5816 dollars every year – Aug 2013
-
Opportunity: Enhance Workplace Wellness programs with Vitamin D
-
Health Care Systems will save money by introducing vitamin D
-
Vitamin D supplementation can cost 50 dollars a day (live longer)
-
Cost of US health exceeds the cost of food
-
Kidney Dialysis clinics reluctant to add vitamin D treatment as they are not reimbursed – Oct 2012
-
If you cannot readily get medical treatment, consider Alternative Med such as vitamin D
-
VA showed increased vitamin D associated with lower health costs - Lancet May 2012
-
Shorter time in ICU if have higher level of vitamin D – April 2012
-
Off topic: Malpractice costs around the world
-
15 minutes of education improved vitamin D compliance – Mar 2012
-
Vitamin D and Iodine are similar, and both are deficient and important to health
-
More likely to report that productvitiy was effected by health problems if low vitamin D - 2012
-
IBD less costly when treated with vitamin D3 compared to D2 – Jan 2012
-
VA found less testing for vitamin D resulted in increased health costs – Jan 2012
-
28 pct of dark skinned people in UK not heard of vitamin D and 54 pct not know symptoms – Jan 2012
-
Types of US Health Care Systems
-
Coloradans paid by Kaiser to lose weight – Dec 2011
-
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer associated with more than 15 ng of vitamin D in HMO Cohort – Dec 2011
-
HMO Benefit and risk
-
Overview of Vitamin D Wiki for Fraser Health
-
Kaiser working to decrease hip and other fractures – Nov 2011
-
HMO Data collection and analysis
-
Off topic: Healthcare Needs Insurance Companies Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle
-
Fraser Health in Canada will be giving 20000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce falls – Nov 2011
-
Spinal fusion patients often low on vitamin D - Nov 2011
-
Hospital stay 6 days longer for nursing home residents with low vitamin D – Oct 2011
-
Companies and individuals will benefit from more vitamin D
-
Black veterans have worse health and low vitamin D, yet are not tested as much – June 2011
-
Some form of vitamin D may be the lowest cost treatment for CKD – Spanish Sept 2011
-
HMO extra
-
Staph infection reduced 50 percent when have more than 30 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011
-
Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies
-
Dr. Grant on vitamin D and mortality in VitaminDWiki
-
Increase life expectancy by 2 years if double Vitamin D levels – Grant July 2011
-
MRSA inpatient cost 2X higher if less than 20 ng vitamin D – June 2011
-
Vitamin D might reduce military costs for UC and CD – June 2011
-
Michael Holick – reduce health care costs 25 percent – interview Sept 2010
-
540000 IU before ICU raised vitamin D by 25 ng in 2 days – March 2011
-
BUPA is an HMO in the UK which can benefit from vitamin D
-
ICU time is 2X more likely to be longer than 2 days if vitamin D less than 20 ng – Mar 2011
-
Virtually all veterans in ICU had vitamin D less than 32 ng – Jan 2011
-
Patients low on vitamin D stay in hospital longer after thyroid removal – Dec 2010
-
How Health Insurance could profit from vitamin D
-
HMOs will save millions of dollars with vitamin D
-
Aetna and Walgreens and United Way Continue Vitamin D Giveaways – May 2010
Cost savings with Vitamin D
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- 400,000 IU of Vitamin D before surgery should cost-effectively reduce infection after knee replacement – May 2020
- Rotator Cuff repair using Vitamin D lowers medical cost by 46 dollars – June 2023
- Vitamin D is needed before most surgeries – many studies and RCTs
- 10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019
- Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
- Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D – Jan 2018
- ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017
- Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews March 2017
- Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D – April 2016
- Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016
- 18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016
- ICU death rate reduced 3X when a vitamin D injection changed the PTH – Nov 2015
- Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
- Heart Attack ICU costs reduced $37,000 by $20 of Vitamin D – Nov 2015
- Surgical outcomes are better for higher levels of Vitamin D – systematic review May 2015
- Shorter time in ICU if have higher level of vitamin D – April 2012
- Spinal fusion patients often low on vitamin D - Nov 2011
- Staph infection reduced 50 percent when have more than 30 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011
- Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies
- MRSA inpatient cost 2X higher if less than 20 ng vitamin D – June 2011
- 540000 IU before ICU raised vitamin D by 25 ng in 2 days – March 2011
- ICU time is 2X more likely to be longer than 2 days if vitamin D less than 20 ng – Mar 2011
- Virtually all veterans in ICU had vitamin D less than 32 ng – Jan 2011
- Patients low on vitamin D stay in hospital longer after thyroid removal – Dec 2010
- HMOs will save millions of dollars with vitamin D
Note: Annual health premiums increases 2X, deductables increased 3X
Workers Pay More for Health Care as Companies Shift Burden, Survey Finds NYT Sept 2016
Here are all of the
- wiki page:
- Vitamin D for all senior Germans would cost-effectively prevent 30,000 cancer deaths annually - March 2021
- 400,000 IU of Vitamin D before surgery should cost-effectively reduce infection after knee replacement – May 2020
- How might hospitals be incentivized to have healthier patients
- The Dutch are no longer re-embursed for Vitamin D - April 2024
- Estimated cost savings of getting most Canadians to 40 ng of Vitamin D - 2016
- Health Care Costs are reduced by Vitamin D
- US Healthcare spending to consume 20% of GDP by 2028
- 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
- Depression would be cost-effectively decreased in teens by Vitamin D (Iran) – July 2023
- Vitamin D has been found to be cost-effective by many studies
- Rotator Cuff repair using Vitamin D lowers medical cost by 46 dollars – June 2023
- 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
- Vitamin D is needed before most surgeries – many studies and RCTs
- Breast Cancer prevention with vitamin D might reduce number of mammograms by 4X – Aug 2022
- Dutch Vitamin D cost-effectivity Calculations (they prescribe 100,000 IU for Multiple Sclerosis) – Jan 2022
- 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
- 2,000 IU of Vitamin D daily to German Seniors would save 30,000 lives a year – March 2021
- On the job sleepiness 2.2X more likely if low vitamin D – Feb 2020
- Medical problems are thought to be a cause of 66 percent of bankruptcies – April 2019
- Many in US can no longer afford the total cost of health care - Kaiser 2019
- 10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019
- Hay fever decreases productivity, Vitamin D can help - many studies
- Employers should give night shift workers free vitamin D – GMB Union June 2019
- How Vitamin D helps fight the cold, flu and other viruses - June 2019
- Off topic: HIV drug developed and patented by US govt costs 1780 dollars but only 8 in Australia - May 2019
- Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures – April 2019
- Medicaid pays for 70 percent of US pregnancies for women under age 25 – April 2019
- Insulin prices and usage are soaring
- Workplace benefts VP likes Vitamin D – March 2019
- Biology of Vitamin D – 30ng min., 50ng preferred, 1000X lower cost than health problem – Feb 2019
- Presenteeism reduces productivity (Vitamin D can help)
- Higher vitamin D might result in higher productivity – 2017
- 4,200,000,000,000 dollars for wellness – Oct 2018
- Some employers offer vitamin D testing, some doctors reduce doses, even if deficient – July 2018
- Out-of-Pocket health care costs and employer Health Insurance - 2017
- Many large companies are trying to reduce health problems and costs (Vitamin D can help)
- Medical insurance does not compensate for job loss by older workers who are hospitalized – Sept 2016
- 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) – Aug 2018
- Health Insurance company still giving free Vitamin D to members who are deficient – Oct 2023
- Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 2010 – April 2018
- Perhaps 4,000 dollars annual less health care costs if supplement with 5 dollars of Vitamin D
- Adding Iodine to salt added 11 percent to goiter states income (how much might vitamin D add) – July 2018
- Emotional Value of a Product (such as Vitamin D)
- US healthcare again ranked worst, as it has for 20 years – June 2018
- Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
- Deployment of Preventive Interventions have been proven many times, but rarely implemented – May 2018
- Half of the people in the US pay 1 thousand dollars annually to get medical treatment (deductibles) – May 2018
- Omega-3 reduced cost of Sepsis by 2900 dollars per patient (12 RCT) – April 2018
- Curing patients is not a sustainable business model – Goldman Sachs – April 2018
- US Healthcare is 2X more expensive than in other countries - what can be done
- Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D – Jan 2018
- How employers can save a million dollars per 1,000 pregnancies
- Preterm birth cost for employers approximately 50,000 dollars – Oct 2017
- NASA might save 700,000 dollars a day by giving astronauts enough Vitamin D
- Hospital costs higher for those with low vitamin D (7,000 Germans in their 50's) – Nov 2017
- A US hospital director is now 30 X less likely to have medical training than 30 years ago – Oct 2017
- 1 in 4 medical schools have a nutrition course and nutrition counseling is rarely reimbursed, – JAMA Sept 2017
- Employer alliance is trying to reduce the cost of health care – Aug 2017
- Should prescribe Vitamin D with bisphophonates – computer reminder increased action by 3.6 X – June 2017
- Mistreated – book by Dr. Robert Pearl - May 2017
- ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017
- Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe Feb 2017
- Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews March 2017
- If pregnant and achieve high vitamin D, we propose 400 dollar insurance rebate
- Preterm births are VERY costly – Feb 2017
- More hospitals or more Vitamin D – your choice
- Far more lobbyists will OPPOSE Vitamin D than PROMOTE Vitamin D
- Economic interventions to improve health – review 2016
- Pregnant women were 2.6 times more likely to stop smoking when given financial rewards – RCT Jan 2015
- Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D – April 2016
- Health Care Costs in US are increasing - infographics and Vitamin D - Dec 2016
- Costs of Pregnancy much reduced by Vitamin D
- Give Vitamin D to all fracture patients – cost effective to prevent nonunions – Aug 2016
- Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant Nov 2016
- Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016
- US people pay more for health care and die sooner (Vitamin D could help) - Aug 2016
- Omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy reduce early preterm births (save 1500 USD per child) – Aug 2016
- UK patients given vitamin D for 3 months were 16 percent less likely to be readmitted – Sept 2016
- Vitamin D once during pregnancy reduced infant health care costs (300 times ROI) – RCT Dec 2015
- Vitamin D associated with better self-rated health in male employees – June 2016
- 18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016
- Vitamin D supplementation of all pregnant women (in UK) would be cost effective – just considering preeclampsia – March 2016
- ICU death rate reduced 3X when a vitamin D injection changed the PTH – Nov 2015
- Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
- Cost savings with Vitamin D
- Off topic – More money to be made in TREATING cancer than PREVENTING it – NYT Dec 2015
- Concierge medicine would benefit from healthier patients (vitamin D)
- Much higher hospital costs (ICU and pneumonia) if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
- Heart Attack ICU costs reduced $37,000 by $20 of Vitamin D – Nov 2015
- Do not expect a doctor to recommend a pill which will eliminate his job (vitamin D)
- Vitamin D deficiency again associated with higher cost of health care – April 2015
- Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D
- Off topic: 41 percent of US insured now have to pay the first 1000 dollars of medical charges – May 2015
- Surgical outcomes are better for higher levels of Vitamin D – systematic review May 2015
- Effects of low vitamin D on pregnancy and neonate – review Jan 2015
- Save 2 billion dollars annually in fractures if take Vitamin D and Calcium – Frost and Sullivan Sept 2013
- Pure North (Calgary) improves health by raising vitamin D to 60 ng
- Canadian foundation (Pure North) prevents chronic disease with 60 ng Vitamin D
- Optimum Vitamin D for bones might be 40 ng – Oct 2014
- Adults only need 400-800 IU of vitamin D - Group Health HMO July 2014
- UK would save as least 636 million dollars annually by giving 800 IU vitamin D free to all seniors – June 2014
- Lung cancer death reduction: CT scan or Vitamin D – which is 40X less expensive
- Can Vitamin D be a Cure to Health Care Sustainability (question mark) – symposium May 2014
- Vitamin D Webinar - cost of pre-term birth etc- Baggerly Nov 2013
- A smoker costs a company 5816 dollars every year – Aug 2013
- Opportunity: Enhance Workplace Wellness programs with Vitamin D
- Health Care Systems will save money by introducing vitamin D
- Vitamin D supplementation can cost 50 dollars a day (live longer)
- Cost of US health exceeds the cost of food
- Kidney Dialysis clinics reluctant to add vitamin D treatment as they are not reimbursed – Oct 2012
- If you cannot readily get medical treatment, consider Alternative Med such as vitamin D
- VA showed increased vitamin D associated with lower health costs - Lancet May 2012
- Shorter time in ICU if have higher level of vitamin D – April 2012
- Off topic: Malpractice costs around the world
- 15 minutes of education improved vitamin D compliance – Mar 2012
- Vitamin D and Iodine are similar, and both are deficient and important to health
- More likely to report that productvitiy was effected by health problems if low vitamin D - 2012
- IBD less costly when treated with vitamin D3 compared to D2 – Jan 2012
- VA found less testing for vitamin D resulted in increased health costs – Jan 2012
- 28 pct of dark skinned people in UK not heard of vitamin D and 54 pct not know symptoms – Jan 2012
- Types of US Health Care Systems
- Coloradans paid by Kaiser to lose weight – Dec 2011
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer associated with more than 15 ng of vitamin D in HMO Cohort – Dec 2011
- HMO Benefit and risk
- Overview of Vitamin D Wiki for Fraser Health
- Kaiser working to decrease hip and other fractures – Nov 2011
- HMO Data collection and analysis
- Off topic: Healthcare Needs Insurance Companies Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle
- Fraser Health in Canada will be giving 20000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce falls – Nov 2011
- Spinal fusion patients often low on vitamin D - Nov 2011
- Hospital stay 6 days longer for nursing home residents with low vitamin D – Oct 2011
- Companies and individuals will benefit from more vitamin D
- Black veterans have worse health and low vitamin D, yet are not tested as much – June 2011
- Some form of vitamin D may be the lowest cost treatment for CKD – Spanish Sept 2011
- HMO extra
- Staph infection reduced 50 percent when have more than 30 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011
- Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies
- Dr. Grant on vitamin D and mortality in VitaminDWiki
- Increase life expectancy by 2 years if double Vitamin D levels – Grant July 2011
- MRSA inpatient cost 2X higher if less than 20 ng vitamin D – June 2011
- Vitamin D might reduce military costs for UC and CD – June 2011
- Michael Holick – reduce health care costs 25 percent – interview Sept 2010
- 540000 IU before ICU raised vitamin D by 25 ng in 2 days – March 2011
- BUPA is an HMO in the UK which can benefit from vitamin D
- ICU time is 2X more likely to be longer than 2 days if vitamin D less than 20 ng – Mar 2011
- Virtually all veterans in ICU had vitamin D less than 32 ng – Jan 2011
- Patients low on vitamin D stay in hospital longer after thyroid removal – Dec 2010
- How Health Insurance could profit from vitamin D
- HMOs will save millions of dollars with vitamin D
- Aetna and Walgreens and United Way Continue Vitamin D Giveaways – May 2010
Cost savings with Vitamin D
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