The institutional cost of acquiring 100 mL of human milk for very low birth weight infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 390-399

  Jegier, Briana J ^a   Johnson, Tricia J ^a   Engstrom, Janet L ^a,b   Patel, Aloka L ^a   Loera, Fabiola ^a   Meier, Paula ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Frontier Nursing University   (United States)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; cost analysis; human milk; neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK EXPRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; BREASTFEEDING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BREAST MILK EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MILK BANKS;

BREASTFEEDING; COST ANALYSIS; HUMAN MILK; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

EID: 84880394656     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334413491629     Document Type: Article

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