Feldman, Elizabeth wrote: > > Greetings - I am a breastfeeding-friendly family doc in Chicago - I am > trying to get some further information on the Kaiser-Permanente of NOrth > Carolina data on health care costs saved by breastfeeding. Somehow in my > files I have this information about their "internal research" showing that > babies breastfed for a minumum of 6 months saved $1435 in healthcare costs, > based on the cost of doctor visits, antibiotics and hospitalizations. Has > anyone replicated this? Where is the original citation? Couldn't find it in > the Archives. I am trying to get the publication cited by Deb Tobin on "THe > Potential Health Care Cost of NOt Breastfeeding" from Best Start, but have > not gotten through to them yet. We are trying to justify our FREE employee > breastpump rental program at Ravenswood Hospital, and need these numbers and > their reliability! Thanks, Liz Feldman > > *********************************************** > 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 Keep up the good work!! I don't have he numbers but, I bet someone out there does. *********************************************** 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