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Date sent: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:32:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Breastfeeding and hospital admissions
From: Alison Macfarlane <[log in to unmask]>
To: Andrew Lindsay <[log in to unmask]>
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I am forwarding your message to the birthstat list
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Andrew Lindsay wrote:
> I have been asked to consider the evidence around breastfeeding and
> avoidable paediatric hospital admissions.
>
> Are there any studies/literature that have quantified the benefits of
> breasting feeding in terms of the number of admissions prevented in
> breastfed children, including cost benefit or economic evaluations
> conducted?
>
> I am required to demonstrate the cost benefit of promoting breastfeeding to
> support a programme aimed at improving the rate of breastfeeding.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> _____________________________________________________________
> Dr Andrew Lindsay BSc, MBChB, MPH
> Public Health Medicine Registrar
> Room 306, Support Building, Middlemore Hospital
> Phone: 09 276 0044 ext 2825; Fax 09 276 0191
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>
Carolyn Roth
Lecturer in Midwifery
St Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery
City University
Philpot St
London E1 2EA
Tel. 0171 505 5869
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