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

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