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cost of af in hospital
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Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Tue, 27 Feb 1996 17:18:15 -0500
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I just read the Globe article on the Canadian hospital that now buys all
its formula.  Hooray!  But I did the math and I'm confused.  The hospital
does about 7,000 deliveries a year, with a breastfeeding rate of 80%.
That's 1400 bottle-fed babies.  The estimated cost per year for their
formula was $60,000, or ... $42.86 per baby??  Just how long are those
Canadian hospital stays, anyway?

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY

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