Montgomery, D. L. & Splett, P. L. (1997). Economic benefit of breast-feeding infants enrolled in WIC. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 97 (4), 379-385 It demonstrates savings to WIC and Medicaid, rather than private insurance companies. Hope it's helpful. Barrett Dunn, CLC, "retired" midwife, MPH student Colorado -----Original Message----- From: Paul deDianous [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 02:55 Subject: 'cost of not breastfeeding' articles? Dear fellow Lactnetters: If anyone knows of any articles that demonstrate how breastfeeding babies saves health insurance organizations money, I would greatly appreciate it if you could please e-mail me with the specific information. (I already searched the archives.) I have one article out of JHL (1997; 93-97), 'The Cost of Not Breastfeeding: A Commentary' by Janice Riordan. I also know of Nikki Lee's 'Benefits of Breastfeeding and Their Economic Impact', but have not yet figured out how to obtain a copy (I did try looking for Nikki Lee's e-mail address, but to no avail.) Are there any other articles out there? TIA!! Arleta de Dianous, MSN, CPNP, CLE Normal, IL __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ *********************************************** 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