From: An economic analysis of human milk supplementation for very low birth weight babies in the USA
Description | Base case parameter value [reference] |
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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] |