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Table 2 Key cost and resource use parameters

From: An economic analysis of human milk supplementation for very low birth weight babies in the USA

Description

Base case parameter value [reference]

Quantities of milk and formula (median)

EHMD:

 Mother’s milk

1943 mL [5]

 Donor milk

883 mL [5]

Usual practice of care:

 Mother’s milk

2102 mL [5]

 Formula

2109 mL [5]

Cost of diet

Prolact+ 6® (30 mL)

$187.50a

Donor milk (1 l)

$183 [20]

Total cost of diet

 EHMD

$7731

 CMD

$226 [21]

Cost of initial stay in hospital for VLBW baby

 No NEC, late onset sepsis or sequelae

$49,660 [6]

Incremental costs for NEC, late onset sepsis and sequelae

 NEC (surgically treated)

$229,431 [21]

 NEC (medically treated)

$85,734 [21]

 Late onset sepsis

$12,413 [6]

 Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

$38,966 [6]

 Retinopathy of prematurity

$5939 [22]

 Short bowel syndrome

Included in surgical NEC costs

 Cerebral palsy

$147,268 [23]

  1. Notes: aSource: communication from Prolacta Bioscience
  2. Abbrevaitions EHMD Exclusive Human Milk Diet, NEC Necrotising Enterocolitis