The top 10 medical expenses can all be decreased by vitamin D

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The health problems & expenses WebMD Nov 2021

Problem	Cost	VitaminDWiki
Heart Conditions:	$555 Billion	Overview Cardiovascular and vitamin D
Diabetes:	$245 Billion	Overview Diabetes and vitamin D
Cancer:	$225 Billion	Overview Cancer and vitamin D and 17+ subcategories
Obesity:	$190 Billion	Overview Obesity and Vitamin D
COPD and Asthma: Between	$100-290 Billion	COPD fought by Vitamin D - many studies Overview Asthma and Vitamin D
Traffic Injuries:	$99 Billion	Vitamin D is needed before most surgeries
Mental Disorders:	$89 Billion	Overview Alzheimer's-Cognition and Vitamin D Depression Brain and Vitamin D - many studies
Low Back and Neck Problems:	$87 Billion	Back Pain
Joint Disorders:	$80 Billion	Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D
High Blood Pressure:	$46 Billion	Overview Hypertension and Vitamin D

Heart Conditions, Diabetes, Cancer, Obesity, COPD and Asthma, Traffic Injuries, Mental Disorders, Depression; Brain, Low Back and Neck Problems, Joint Disorders, High Blood Pressure,
Note: The above are probably just medical costs, and so would not include

• loss of salary,
• time off from work,
• reduced job productivity
• disability
• long-term assistance/care
• death

Both medical and other costs are included in the Global Burden of Disease

• Top Icelandic disease concerns - Global Burden of Disease 2010
• Global Burden of Disease - Dec 2012

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VitaminDWiki - Cost savings with Vitamin D contains

158 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 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

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