Costs of NOT Breastfeeding : Kaiser Permanente Study
1994-1995 RESEARCH

Kaiser Permanente, one of our nations largest and most successful HMO's 
recently conducted internal research to determine the value of providing a 
lactation support program for their members in the North Carolina region. 
The following study is a re-print of their findings.

The bottom line is this:

Infants who were breastfed for a minimum of 6 months experienced $1,435.00 
less health care claims than formula fed infants.

You can find this study at the following location
http://www.visi.com/~artmama/kaiser.htm

Charlotte Keever, IBCLC
Hospital Based LC
Arlington, Texas 

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