Cost Savings of Mother's Own Milk for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study aim was to determine the relationship between hospitalization costs and mother's own milk (MOM) dose for very low birth weight (VLBW; < 1500 g) infants during the initial neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay. Additionally, because MOM intake during the NICU hospitalization is associated with a reduction in the risk of late-onset sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), we aimed to quantify the incremental cost of these potentially preventable complications of prematurity.

Methods

The study included 430 VLBW infants enrolled in the Longitudinal Outcomes of Very Low Birthweight Infants Exposed to Mothers' Own Milk prospective cohort study between 2008 and 2012 at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, USA. N

SUBMITTER: Johnson TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8831687 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature