US people pay more for health care and die sooner (Vitamin D could help)

US people pay more for health care, die sooner than people in other developed countries

details are at Link between health spending and life expectancy: US is an outlier

Red arrow added by VitaminDWiki: lower cost AND live 2 years longer

Vitamin D can lower health care costs

• Vitamin D once during pregnancy reduced infant health care costs (300 times ROI) – RCT Dec 2015

• 18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016

• Omega-3 supplementation during pregnancy reduce early preterm births (save 1500 USD per child) – Aug 2016

• Heart Attack ICU costs reduced $37,000 by $20 of Vitamin D – Nov 2015

• Save 2 billion dollars annually in fractures if take Vitamin D and Calcium – Frost and Sullivan Sept 2013

• Can Vitamin D be a Cure to Health Care Sustainability (question mark) – symposium May 2014

• Hospital stay 6 days longer for nursing home residents with low vitamin D – Oct 2011

• Dr. who got patients to vitamin D level of 80 ng visits (by 2,000 patients in his clinic) dropped from 4 per year to 1 per year

• Health Care Costs in US are increasing - infographics and Vitamin D - Dec 2016

• Far more lobbyists will OPPOSE Vitamin D than PROMOTE Vitamin D

Vitamin D can extend lifespan

• Increase life expectancy by 2 years if double Vitamin D levels – Grant July 2011

• Less likely to die if have enough vitamin D - Meta-analysis June 2014