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Table 3 Savings due to lower prevalence of respiratory infection associated with changes in exclusive breastfeeding

From: The economic benefits of increasing breastfeeding rates in Spain

 

Children born in 2014

 

€

€

EBF (%)

EBF

no EBF

Total cases

Total Costs

Saving

15

63,945

362,358

150,059

418,561,610

 

40

170,521

255,782

137,270

382,888,746

35,672,865

50

213,152

213,152

132,154

368,619,600

49,942,010

70

298,412

127,891

121,923

340,081,308

78,480,302

100

426,303

0

106,576

297,273,871

121,287,739

  1. Note: we obtained the number of children born in 2014 in Spain from the Spanish National Statistical Institute data. In this table EBF refers to exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life. The prevalences of respiratory infections (RIs) among EBF children and children fed with AF were 0.25 and 0.37, respectively. The unitary cost was €2789.32
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International Breastfeeding Journal

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