I was in a discussion today about whether in hospital purchasing of formula or getting it free makes a huge difference. All participants voted for purchasing for a variety of reasons, but for the sake of needing more "concrete" reasons, does anyone have any studies that show there to be a difference in bf rates? Is it the perception that the ABM manufacturers are the good guys if it's free? Does it get used more if it's free? Does having a feeding policy in place what really makes the difference, as opposed to how the formula got there? Someone in the discussion said she is asked this a lot and needed something more than perceptions to convince some people. Donna Hansen Burnaby, British Columbia Canada *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html