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Table 4 Savings due to lower prevalence of necrotising enterocolitis associated with changes in expressed breast milk or exclusive breastfeeding

From: The economic benefits of increasing breastfeeding rates in Spain

 Children born in 2014 €€
EBF (%)EBFNo EBFTotal CasesTotal CostsSavings
8510,87119182431,455,538 
9011,51012792051,225,717229,822
9512,150639166995,895459,644
9812,533256143858,002597,537
10012,7890128766,073689,466
  1. Note: we obtained the number of children born in 2014 in Spain from the Spanish National Statistical Institute data. In this table EBF refers to exclusive breastfeeding rates at hospital discharge . The prevalences of gastroenteritis necrotising enterocolitis (NE) among EBF children and AF children were 0.01 and 0.07, respectively. The unitary cost was €5990.05
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International Breastfeeding Journal

ISSN: 1746-4358