Vitamin D has been found to be cost-effective by many studies

16+ VitaminDWiki pages have COST-EFFECTIVE in the title
VitaminDWiki - Cost savings with Vitamin D contains
VitaminDWiki - The top 10 medical expenses can all be decreased by vitamin D
VitaminDWiki - IVF 4X more successful for white women with lots of vitamin D – many studies
25 Items in both categories: "Cost savings with Vitamin D" and "Trauma & Surgery"
VitaminDwiki - Prevent a COVID death: 9 dollars of Vitamin D or 900,000 dollars of vaccine - Aug 2023
VitaminDWiki - Getting all Canadians to 40 ng would save about $12 billion annually
57 VitaminDWiki categories are associated with the category Cost-Effective

16+ VitaminDWiki pages have COST-EFFECTIVE in the title

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Obesity weight loss drugs might be cost-effective for employers		04 May, 2025
Depression cost-effectively reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (Iranian teens) – July 2023		28 Nov, 2024
Vitamin D for all senior Germans would cost-effectively prevent 30,000 cancer deaths annually - March 2021		17 Nov, 2024
400,000 IU of Vitamin D before surgery should cost-effectively reduce infection after knee replacement – May 2020		15 Nov, 2024
96% prediction of Vitamin D less than 20ng (not general nor cost-effective) - May 2024		27 May, 2024
Cost-effective to give Vitamin D to all children to prevent acute respiratory infection – April 2023		09 Apr, 2023
Vitamin D Call for Action: at least 1,000 IU (free is cost-effective) - Oct 2022		04 Oct, 2022
Mild to moderate persistent asthma cost-effectively treated by Vitamin D – Aug 2022		03 Aug, 2022
Vitamin D cost-effectively treats Multiple Sclerosis – July 2021		28 Jun, 2022
Dutch Vitamin D cost-effectivity Calculations (they prescribe 100,000 IU for Multiple Sclerosis) – Jan 2022		28 Jun, 2022
Remdesivir approved to treat COVID in Infants, yet Vitamin D is 3000 X more cost effective and widely used - April 2022		03 May, 2022
Calcifediol (Calcidiol) is far less cost-effective and available than Vitamin D – RCT June 2021		04 Sep, 2021
Very cost-effective to fortify plus supplement with Vitamin D (flour and 400 IU for all children) – Aug 2019		20 Aug, 2019
Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures – April 2019		02 May, 2019
Osteoporosis treatment – Vitamin D is the most cost-effective – April 2019		21 Apr, 2019
Give Vitamin D to all fracture patients – cost effective to prevent nonunions – Aug 2016		23 Oct, 2017
800 IU of vitamin D does not prevent enough falls to be cost effective - July 2015		29 Oct, 2016
Vitamin D supplementation of all pregnant women (in UK) would be cost effective – just considering preeclampsia – March 2016		09 Jul, 2016
Omega-3 should be cost-effective to reduce days in ICU – simulation June 2015		07 Jul, 2015
Vitamin D provides many benefits and is cost-effective (need 32-40 ng) – Summer 2013		15 Oct, 2013

VitaminDWiki - Cost savings with Vitamin D contains

165 items include:

VitaminDWiki - The top 10 medical expenses can all be decreased by 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,

VitaminDWiki - IVF 4X more successful for white women with lots of vitamin D – many studies

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

VitaminDwiki - Prevent a COVID death: 9 dollars of Vitamin D or 900,000 dollars of vaccine - Aug 2023

VitaminDWiki - Getting all Canadians to 40 ng would save about $12 billion annually

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

57 VitaminDWiki categories are associated with the category Cost-Effective

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Summary of Associations

Associated category	Associations
Trauma and surgery	25
Loading dose for Vitamin D	4
Injection	1
Intervention	13
Top news	16
Mortality and D	9
Cancer	3
Skin - Dark	4
Overview for doctors	1
Cognitive	2
Fortification with Vitamin D	1
Iodine	2
How much Vitamin D	1
Seniors	4
Cancer - Breast	1
Women	2
Consensus	1
Youth	2
Infant-Child	4
Category	1
Pregnancy	13
Depression	1
Middle East	2
Intervention - non daily	2
Diabetes	3
Increased use of D	1
Vitamin D in Canada	6
High Risk	3
Falls and Fractures	8
UV and Vitamin D	1
Vitamin D in Australia and New Zealand	1
Cardiovascular	2
Breathing	3
Autoimmune	1
High-Dose	2
AI	2
Virus	1
Vitamin D3 instead of D2	1
Gut	2
Pain - chronic	1
Evidence for D	1
Kidney	2
Cancer - Lung	1
About D - introduction	1
Books, videos on Vitamin D	2
Tests for Vitamin D	3
Immunity	2
Shut-in	2
Cancer - Skin	1
Obesity	3
Off Topic	4
HIV	1
Vitamin D and Omega-3	2
Sleep	1
Optimum	3
Thyroid and parathyroid	1
Quality of Life	1
Inflammation	1
Treatment by Vitamin D	1
Bone - Health	1
Meta-analysis of Vitamin D	1
Health	2

Results

25 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Trauma and surgery

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Vitamin D is needed before many surgeries – many studies and RCTs	Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	12 Jan, 2025
400,000 IU of Vitamin D before surgery should cost-effectively reduce infection after knee replacement – May 2020	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	15 Nov, 2024
Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews March 2017	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Cognitive	27 Aug, 2024
Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies	Breathing, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Infant-Child, Inflammation, AI	25 Sep, 2023
Rotator Cuff repair using Vitamin D lowers medical cost by 46 dollars – June 2023	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	13 Jun, 2023
10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019	Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Injection	18 Jul, 2020
ICU death rate reduced 3X when a vitamin D injection changed the PTH – Nov 2015	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	06 Jun, 2020
Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018	Cardiovascular, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	11 May, 2018
Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D – Jan 2018	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Falls and Fractures	23 Dec, 2017
ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news, High-Dose	02 May, 2017
18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news	16 Apr, 2017
Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Youth, Infant-Child	10 Apr, 2017
Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D – April 2016	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	14 Jan, 2017
Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, High-Dose	20 Nov, 2016
Spinal fusion patients often low on vitamin D - Nov 2011	Bone - Health, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	27 Aug, 2016
Heart Attack ICU costs reduced $37,000 by $20 of Vitamin D – Nov 2015	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	21 Jul, 2016
Staph infection reduced 50 percent when have more than 30 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011	Immunity, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	13 Feb, 2016
MRSA inpatient cost 2X higher if less than 20 ng vitamin D – June 2011	Immunity, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	12 Aug, 2015
ICU time is 2X more likely to be longer than 2 days if vitamin D less than 20 ng – Mar 2011	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	01 Jul, 2015
Surgical outcomes are better for higher levels of Vitamin D – systematic review May 2015	Trauma and surgery, Meta-analysis of Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	07 May, 2015
540000 IU before ICU raised vitamin D by 25 ng in 2 days – March 2011	Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D	02 May, 2014
HMOs will save millions of dollars with vitamin D	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	03 Jun, 2013
Shorter time in ICU if have higher level of vitamin D – April 2012	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	18 Oct, 2012
Virtually all veterans in ICU had vitamin D less than 32 ng – Jan 2011	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	11 Jan, 2012
Patients low on vitamin D stay in hospital longer after thyroid removal – Dec 2010	Trauma and surgery, Thyroid and parathyroid, Cost savings with Vitamin D	02 Oct, 2011

4 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Loading dose for Vitamin D

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Vitamin D is needed before many surgeries – many studies and RCTs	Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	12 Jan, 2025
10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019	Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Injection	18 Jul, 2020
Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, High-Dose	20 Nov, 2016
540000 IU before ICU raised vitamin D by 25 ng in 2 days – March 2011	Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D	02 May, 2014

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Injection

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10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019		Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Injection	18 Jul, 2020

13 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Intervention

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Depression cost-effectively reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (Iranian teens) – July 2023	Depression, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Middle East, Youth, Intervention, Intervention - non daily	28 Nov, 2024
Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews March 2017	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Cognitive	27 Aug, 2024
Increase life expectancy by 2 years if double Vitamin D levels – Grant July 2011	Mortality and D, Evidence for D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	22 Jan, 2024
Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies	Breathing, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Infant-Child, Inflammation, AI	25 Sep, 2023
Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran) – Jan 2022	Diabetes, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Middle East, Intervention, Intervention - non daily	03 Nov, 2022
ICU death rate reduced 3X when a vitamin D injection changed the PTH – Nov 2015	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	06 Jun, 2020
Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018	Cardiovascular, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	11 May, 2018
ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news, High-Dose	02 May, 2017
18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news	16 Apr, 2017
Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, High-Dose	20 Nov, 2016
Heart Attack ICU costs reduced $37,000 by $20 of Vitamin D – Nov 2015	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	21 Jul, 2016
Vitamin D once during pregnancy reduced infant health care costs (300 times ROI) – RCT Dec 2015	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news	09 Jul, 2016
Pure North (Calgary) improves health by raising vitamin D to 60 ng	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Vitamin D in Canada, Optimum, Quality of Life	02 Sep, 2015

16 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Top news

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Vitamin D is needed before many surgeries – many studies and RCTs	Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	12 Jan, 2025
Perhaps 4,000 dollars annual less health care costs if supplement with 5 dollars of Vitamin D	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	01 Oct, 2023
Health Insurance company still giving free Vitamin D to members who are deficient – Oct 2023	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	01 Oct, 2023
Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant Nov 2016	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Vitamin D in Canada	23 Aug, 2023
Diabetes Prevention Program funded by many (Vitamin D would be much better) – Aug 2018	Diabetes, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	20 Aug, 2018
UK patients given vitamin D for 3 months were 16 percent less likely to be readmitted – Sept 2016	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	15 Aug, 2018
Adding Iodine to salt added 11 percent to goiter states income (how much might vitamin D add) – July 2018	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Cognitive, Fortification with Vitamin D, Iodine	01 Aug, 2018
Emotional Value of a Product (such as Vitamin D)	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	20 Jul, 2018
VA showed increased vitamin D associated with lower health costs - Lancet May 2012	Tests for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	05 Apr, 2018
ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news, High-Dose	02 May, 2017
18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news	16 Apr, 2017
Do not expect a doctor to recommend a pill which will eliminate his job (vitamin D)	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Increased use of D	27 Feb, 2017
Costs of Pregnancy much reduced by Vitamin D	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	12 Dec, 2016
Vitamin D once during pregnancy reduced infant health care costs (300 times ROI) – RCT Dec 2015	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news	09 Jul, 2016
UK would save as least 636 million dollars annually by giving 800 IU vitamin D free to all seniors – June 2014	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Falls and Fractures	29 Sep, 2015
Surgical outcomes are better for higher levels of Vitamin D – systematic review May 2015	Trauma and surgery, Meta-analysis of Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	07 May, 2015

9 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Mortality and D

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Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews March 2017	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Cognitive	27 Aug, 2024
Increase life expectancy by 2 years if double Vitamin D levels – Grant July 2011	Mortality and D, Evidence for D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	22 Jan, 2024
Dr. Grant on vitamin D and mortality in VitaminDWiki	Mortality and D, Cost savings with Vitamin D	09 Oct, 2022
2,000 IU of Vitamin D daily to German Seniors would save 30,000 lives a year – March 2021	Mortality and D, Cancer, Cost savings with Vitamin D	08 Mar, 2021
ICU death rate reduced 3X when a vitamin D injection changed the PTH – Nov 2015	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	06 Jun, 2020
US people pay more for health care and die sooner (Vitamin D could help) - Aug 2016	Mortality and D, Cost savings with Vitamin D	09 May, 2017
Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D – April 2016	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	14 Jan, 2017
Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016	Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, High-Dose	20 Nov, 2016
Vitamin D supplementation can cost 50 dollars a day (live longer)	Seniors, Mortality and D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, High Risk, Shut-in	22 Sep, 2014

3 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Cancer

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Vitamin D for all senior Germans would cost-effectively prevent 30,000 cancer deaths annually - March 2021	Cancer, Cost savings with Vitamin D	17 Nov, 2024
2,000 IU of Vitamin D daily to German Seniors would save 30,000 lives a year – March 2021	Mortality and D, Cancer, Cost savings with Vitamin D	08 Mar, 2021
Off topic – More money to be made in TREATING cancer than PREVENTING it – NYT Dec 2015	Cancer, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Off Topic	29 Dec, 2015

4 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Skin - Dark

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All of the top 10 chronic health problems of blacks are associated with low vitamin D	Skin - Dark, Cost savings with Vitamin D	26 Jun, 2025
VA found less testing for vitamin D resulted in increased health costs – Jan 2012	Skin - Dark, Cost savings with Vitamin D	26 Apr, 2017
28 pct of dark skinned people in UK not heard of vitamin D and 54 pct not know symptoms – Jan 2012	Skin - Dark, Overview for doctors, Cost savings with Vitamin D	01 Aug, 2013
Black veterans have worse health and low vitamin D, yet are not tested as much – June 2011	Skin - Dark, Cost savings with Vitamin D	11 Jan, 2012

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Overview for doctors

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28 pct of dark skinned people in UK not heard of vitamin D and 54 pct not know symptoms – Jan 2012		Skin - Dark, Overview for doctors, Cost savings with Vitamin D	01 Aug, 2013

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Cognitive

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Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews March 2017		Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Cognitive	27 Aug, 2024
Adding Iodine to salt added 11 percent to goiter states income (how much might vitamin D add) – July 2018		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Cognitive, Fortification with Vitamin D, Iodine	01 Aug, 2018

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Fortification with Vitamin D

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Adding Iodine to salt added 11 percent to goiter states income (how much might vitamin D add) – July 2018		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Cognitive, Fortification with Vitamin D, Iodine	01 Aug, 2018

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Iodine

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Vitamin D and Iodine are similar, and both are deficient and important to health		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Iodine	03 Aug, 2024
Adding Iodine to salt added 11 percent to goiter states income (how much might vitamin D add) – July 2018		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Cognitive, Fortification with Vitamin D, Iodine	01 Aug, 2018

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + How much Vitamin D

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Biology of Vitamin D – 30ng min., 50ng preferred, 1000X lower cost than health problem – Feb 2019		How much Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D	02 Mar, 2019

4 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Seniors

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Breast Cancer prevention with vitamin D might reduce number of mammograms by 4X – Aug 2022	Seniors, Cancer - Breast, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Women	23 Aug, 2023
If you cannot readily get medical treatment, consider Alternative Med such as vitamin D	Seniors, Pain - chronic, Cost savings with Vitamin D	24 Dec, 2015
Fraser Health in Canada will be giving 20000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce falls – Nov 2011	Seniors, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D in Canada, Falls and Fractures	07 Jan, 2015
Vitamin D supplementation can cost 50 dollars a day (live longer)	Seniors, Mortality and D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, High Risk, Shut-in	22 Sep, 2014

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Cancer - Breast

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Breast Cancer prevention with vitamin D might reduce number of mammograms by 4X – Aug 2022		Seniors, Cancer - Breast, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Women	23 Aug, 2023

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Women

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Breast Cancer prevention with vitamin D might reduce number of mammograms by 4X – Aug 2022		Seniors, Cancer - Breast, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Women	23 Aug, 2023
Vitamin D deficiency again associated with higher cost of health care – April 2015		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Women	04 Aug, 2015

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Consensus

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Can Vitamin D be a Cure to Health Care Sustainability (question mark) – symposium May 2014		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Consensus	14 May, 2014

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Youth

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Depression cost-effectively reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (Iranian teens) – July 2023		Depression, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Middle East, Youth, Intervention, Intervention - non daily	28 Nov, 2024
Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015		Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Youth, Infant-Child	10 Apr, 2017

4 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Infant-Child

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Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies	Breathing, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Infant-Child, Inflammation, AI	25 Sep, 2023
Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Youth, Infant-Child	10 Apr, 2017
Vitamin D Webinar - cost of pre-term birth etc- Baggerly Nov 2013	Pregnancy, Books, videos on Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Infant-Child	11 Dec, 2016
Effects of low vitamin D on pregnancy and neonate – review Jan 2015	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Infant-Child	16 Jan, 2015

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Category

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Cost savings with Vitamin D		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Category	11 Aug, 2017

13 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Pregnancy

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Preterm births are VERY costly – Feb 2017	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D	24 Dec, 2023
Preterm birth cost for employers approximately 50,000 dollars – Oct 2017	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D	24 Dec, 2023
Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D	12 Jun, 2019
Medicaid pays for 70 percent of US pregnancies for women under age 25 – April 2019	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D	25 Apr, 2019
How employers can save a million dollars per 1,000 pregnancies	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D	10 Dec, 2017
If pregnant and achieve high vitamin D, we propose 400 dollar insurance rebate	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D	04 Mar, 2017
Pregnant women were 2.6 times more likely to stop smoking when given financial rewards – RCT Jan 2015	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D	02 Mar, 2017
Costs of Pregnancy much reduced by Vitamin D	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	12 Dec, 2016
Vitamin D Webinar - cost of pre-term birth etc- Baggerly Nov 2013	Pregnancy, Books, videos on Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Infant-Child	11 Dec, 2016
Omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy reduce early preterm births (save 1500 USD per child) – Aug 2016	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D and Omega-3	12 Oct, 2016
Vitamin D once during pregnancy reduced infant health care costs (300 times ROI) – RCT Dec 2015	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news	09 Jul, 2016
Vitamin D supplementation of all pregnant women (in UK) would be cost effective – just considering preeclampsia – March 2016	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D	09 Jul, 2016
Effects of low vitamin D on pregnancy and neonate – review Jan 2015	Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Infant-Child	16 Jan, 2015

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Depression

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Depression cost-effectively reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (Iranian teens) – July 2023		Depression, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Middle East, Youth, Intervention, Intervention - non daily	28 Nov, 2024

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Middle East

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Depression cost-effectively reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (Iranian teens) – July 2023		Depression, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Middle East, Youth, Intervention, Intervention - non daily	28 Nov, 2024
Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran) – Jan 2022		Diabetes, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Middle East, Intervention, Intervention - non daily	03 Nov, 2022

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Intervention - non daily

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Depression cost-effectively reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (Iranian teens) – July 2023		Depression, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Middle East, Youth, Intervention, Intervention - non daily	28 Nov, 2024
Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran) – Jan 2022		Diabetes, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Middle East, Intervention, Intervention - non daily	03 Nov, 2022

3 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Diabetes

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Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran) – Jan 2022	Diabetes, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Middle East, Intervention, Intervention - non daily	03 Nov, 2022
Insulin prices and usage are soaring	Diabetes, Cost savings with Vitamin D	03 Apr, 2019
Diabetes Prevention Program funded by many (Vitamin D would be much better) – Aug 2018	Diabetes, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	20 Aug, 2018

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Increased use of D

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Do not expect a doctor to recommend a pill which will eliminate his job (vitamin D)		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Increased use of D	27 Feb, 2017

6 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Vitamin D in Canada

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Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant Nov 2016	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Vitamin D in Canada	23 Aug, 2023
Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 2010 – April 2018	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D in Canada	15 Aug, 2018
More hospitals or more Vitamin D – your choice	Tests for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D in Canada	01 Mar, 2017
Pure North (Calgary) improves health by raising vitamin D to 60 ng	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Vitamin D in Canada, Optimum, Quality of Life	02 Sep, 2015
Fraser Health in Canada will be giving 20000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce falls – Nov 2011	Seniors, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D in Canada, Falls and Fractures	07 Jan, 2015
Overview of Vitamin D Wiki for Fraser Health	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D in Canada	03 Sep, 2012

3 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + High Risk

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Employers should give night shift workers free vitamin D – GMB Union June 2019	Cost savings with Vitamin D, High Risk	12 Jun, 2019
Opportunity: Enhance Workplace Wellness programs with Vitamin D	Cost savings with Vitamin D, High Risk	15 Jun, 2016
Vitamin D supplementation can cost 50 dollars a day (live longer)	Seniors, Mortality and D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, High Risk, Shut-in	22 Sep, 2014

8 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Falls and Fractures

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Vitamin D and Calcium cost-effectively reduce falls and fractures – April 2019	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Falls and Fractures	02 May, 2019
Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D – Jan 2018	Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Falls and Fractures	23 Dec, 2017
Give Vitamin D to all fracture patients – cost effective to prevent nonunions – Aug 2016	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Falls and Fractures	23 Oct, 2017
Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe Feb 2017	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Falls and Fractures	17 Mar, 2017
Kaiser working to decrease hip and other fractures – Nov 2011	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Falls and Fractures	22 Oct, 2016
UK would save as least 636 million dollars annually by giving 800 IU vitamin D free to all seniors – June 2014	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news, Falls and Fractures	29 Sep, 2015
Fraser Health in Canada will be giving 20000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce falls – Nov 2011	Seniors, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D in Canada, Falls and Fractures	07 Jan, 2015
Save 2 billion dollars annually in fractures if take Vitamin D and Calcium – Frost and Sullivan Sept 2013	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Falls and Fractures	11 Dec, 2014

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + UV and Vitamin D

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Getting too little sun is 3X more expensive than too much (AU NZ: WHO found 2200X) - May 2025		UV and Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D in Australia and New Zealand	28 May, 2025

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Vitamin D in Australia and New Zealand

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Getting too little sun is 3X more expensive than too much (AU NZ: WHO found 2200X) - May 2025		UV and Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D in Australia and New Zealand	28 May, 2025

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Cardiovascular

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Giving free vitamin D to every Iranian would pay for itself by just reducing CVD – Oct 2021		Cardiovascular, Cost savings with Vitamin D	07 Oct, 2021
Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018		Cardiovascular, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	11 May, 2018

3 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Breathing

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Hay fever (Allergic Rhinitis) and Vitamin D - many studies	Breathing, Autoimmune, Cost savings with Vitamin D	26 Feb, 2025
Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies	Breathing, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Infant-Child, Inflammation, AI	25 Sep, 2023
Severe asthmatics willing to pay 5180 dollars for relief, Vitamin D needed costs only 45 dollars – Sept 2023	Breathing, Cost savings with Vitamin D	13 Aug, 2023

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Autoimmune

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Hay fever (Allergic Rhinitis) and Vitamin D - many studies		Breathing, Autoimmune, Cost savings with Vitamin D	26 Feb, 2025

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + High-Dose

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ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017		Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Top news, High-Dose	02 May, 2017
Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO - Oct 2016		Mortality and D, Trauma and surgery, Loading dose for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, High-Dose	20 Nov, 2016

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + AI

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How might hospitals be incentivized to have healthier patients		Cost savings with Vitamin D, AI	09 Oct, 2024
Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies		Breathing, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Infant-Child, Inflammation, AI	25 Sep, 2023

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Virus

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How Vitamin D helps fight the cold, flu and other viruses - June 2019		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Virus	04 Jun, 2019

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Vitamin D3 instead of D2

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IBD less costly when treated with vitamin D3 compared to D2 – Jan 2012		Vitamin D3 instead of D2, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Gut	12 Jan, 2012

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Gut

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Vitamin D might reduce military costs for UC and CD – June 2011		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Gut	11 Mar, 2014
IBD less costly when treated with vitamin D3 compared to D2 – Jan 2012		Vitamin D3 instead of D2, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Gut	12 Jan, 2012

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Pain - chronic

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If you cannot readily get medical treatment, consider Alternative Med such as vitamin D		Seniors, Pain - chronic, Cost savings with Vitamin D	24 Dec, 2015

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Evidence for D

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Increase life expectancy by 2 years if double Vitamin D levels – Grant July 2011		Mortality and D, Evidence for D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention	22 Jan, 2024

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Kidney

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Kidney Dialysis clinics reluctant to add vitamin D treatment as they are not reimbursed – Oct 2012		Kidney, Cost savings with Vitamin D	27 Jul, 2017
Some form of vitamin D may be the lowest cost treatment for CKD – Spanish Sept 2011		Kidney, Treatment by Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D	16 Mar, 2015

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Cancer - Lung

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Lung cancer death reduction: CT scan or Vitamin D – which is 40X less expensive		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Cancer - Lung	15 May, 2014

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + About D - introduction

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Michael Holick – reduce health care costs 25 percent – interview Sept 2010		About D - introduction, Cost savings with Vitamin D	07 Oct, 2012

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Books, videos on Vitamin D

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Mistreated – book by Dr. Robert Pearl - May 2017		Books, videos on Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D	22 May, 2017
Vitamin D Webinar - cost of pre-term birth etc- Baggerly Nov 2013		Pregnancy, Books, videos on Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Infant-Child	11 Dec, 2016

3 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Tests for Vitamin D

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Some employers offer vitamin D testing, some doctors reduce doses, even if deficient – July 2018	Tests for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D	17 Oct, 2018
VA showed increased vitamin D associated with lower health costs - Lancet May 2012	Tests for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	05 Apr, 2018
More hospitals or more Vitamin D – your choice	Tests for Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D in Canada	01 Mar, 2017

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Immunity

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Staph infection reduced 50 percent when have more than 30 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011		Immunity, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	13 Feb, 2016
MRSA inpatient cost 2X higher if less than 20 ng vitamin D – June 2011		Immunity, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	12 Aug, 2015

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Shut-in

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NASA might save 700,000 dollars a day by giving astronauts enough Vitamin D		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Shut-in	17 Jan, 2022
Vitamin D supplementation can cost 50 dollars a day (live longer)		Seniors, Mortality and D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, High Risk, Shut-in	22 Sep, 2014

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Cancer - Skin

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Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer associated with more than 15 ng of vitamin D in HMO Cohort – Dec 2011		Cancer - Skin, Cost savings with Vitamin D	09 Nov, 2012

3 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Obesity

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Severely Obese employee (BMI over 39) costs employer 2X as much annually	Obesity, Cost savings with Vitamin D	11 May, 2025
Obesity weight loss drugs might be cost-effective for employers	Obesity, Cost savings with Vitamin D	04 May, 2025
The Potential Synergy Between Vitamin D and GLP-1 Medications for Enhanced Weight Loss	Obesity, Cost savings with Vitamin D	04 May, 2025

4 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Off Topic

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Off topic: Malpractice costs around the world	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Off Topic	22 Apr, 2017
Off topic – More money to be made in TREATING cancer than PREVENTING it – NYT Dec 2015	Cancer, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Off Topic	29 Dec, 2015
Off topic: 41 percent of US insured now have to pay the first 1000 dollars of medical charges – May 2015	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Off Topic	12 May, 2015
Off topic: Healthcare Needs Insurance Companies Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Off Topic	09 Nov, 2012

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + HIV

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Off topic: HIV drug developed and patented by US govt costs 1780 dollars but only 8 in Australia - May 2019		Cost savings with Vitamin D, HIV	18 May, 2019

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Vitamin D and Omega-3

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Omega-3 reduced cost of Sepsis by 2900 dollars per patient (12 RCT) – April 2018		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D and Omega-3	24 Apr, 2018
Omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy reduce early preterm births (save 1500 USD per child) – Aug 2016		Pregnancy, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Vitamin D and Omega-3	12 Oct, 2016

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Sleep

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On the job sleepiness 2.2X more likely if low vitamin D – Feb 2020		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Sleep	29 Mar, 2021

3 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Optimum

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Reduce 4 health problems by a quarter if increase Vitamin D to 30 ng – Saudi Arabia, Grant March 2023	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Optimum	17 May, 2023
Optimum Vitamin D for bones might be 40 ng – Oct 2014	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Optimum	15 Aug, 2018
Pure North (Calgary) improves health by raising vitamin D to 60 ng	Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Vitamin D in Canada, Optimum, Quality of Life	02 Sep, 2015

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Thyroid and parathyroid

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Patients low on vitamin D stay in hospital longer after thyroid removal – Dec 2010		Trauma and surgery, Thyroid and parathyroid, Cost savings with Vitamin D	02 Oct, 2011

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Quality of Life

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Pure North (Calgary) improves health by raising vitamin D to 60 ng		Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Vitamin D in Canada, Optimum, Quality of Life	02 Sep, 2015

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Inflammation

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Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies		Breathing, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Intervention, Infant-Child, Inflammation, AI	25 Sep, 2023

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Treatment by Vitamin D

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Some form of vitamin D may be the lowest cost treatment for CKD – Spanish Sept 2011		Kidney, Treatment by Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D	16 Mar, 2015

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Bone - Health

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Spinal fusion patients often low on vitamin D - Nov 2011		Bone - Health, Trauma and surgery, Cost savings with Vitamin D	27 Aug, 2016

1 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Meta-analysis of Vitamin D

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Surgical outcomes are better for higher levels of Vitamin D – systematic review May 2015		Trauma and surgery, Meta-analysis of Vitamin D, Cost savings with Vitamin D, Top news	07 May, 2015

2 pages in both categories: Cost savings with Vitamin D + Health

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US Healthcare spending to consume 20% of GDP by 2028		Health, Cost savings with Vitamin D	10 Oct, 2023
The top 10 medical expenses can all be decreased by vitamin D		Health, Cost savings with Vitamin D	21 Jul, 2023