TABLE 2.
Impact of human milk on costs of preventable morbidities in VLBW infants1
| Authors | Type of costs | BW | Morbidity | Cost savings of HM | Year of costs |
| Ganapathy et al. (8) | Incremental cost due to reduction in NEC: HM bovine | ≤1250 g | NEC | Bovine milk associated with $8167 higher cost than HM | 2011 |
| Patel et al. (13) | Incremental cost, after controlling for sepsis: <25, 25–49.99, and ≥50 mL ⋅ kg−1 ⋅ d−1 | <1500 g | Sepsis | <25 mL ⋅ kg−1 ⋅ d−1 HM had $31,514 higher cost than ≥50 mL ⋅ kg−1 ⋅ d−1 HM and $20,384 higher cost than 25–49.99 mL ⋅ kg−1 ⋅ d−1 HM | 2010 |
1
BW, birth weight; HM, human milk; NEC, necrotizing enterocolitis.