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Impact of Optimized Breastfeeding on the Costs of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants
To estimate risk of NEC for ELBW infants as a function of preterm formula and maternal milk (MM) intake and calculate the impact of suboptimal feeding on NEC incidence and costs
Critical Reflections on the Physiotherapy Profession in Canada
A rethinking of scope of practice, patient access, accountability
and payment is coming to bear on healthcare systems
around the world . . . We must be ready to meet
these changes and effect a positive outcome for our
patients and our profession.
—Michel Landry, President, Canadian Physiotherapy
Association (2007–2009)1
Physiotherapists are faced with a number of unprecedented
opportunities and challenges that require new
ways of thinking about and practising physiotherapy.
Significant among these is legislation recently tabled in
Ontario that will enable physiotherapists to order tests
such as x-rays and to diagnose patient conditions that
are within the profession’s scope of practice. This expansion
of scope follows closely on the heels of progressive
changes to physiotherapy (PT) in Canada and other
countries, including the move to entry-level master’s and
doctoral training programmes, increasing privatization
of PT services, licensure of alternative practitioners, and
health workforce reform. Because of the current global
economic crisis, federal budgets are being tightened; in
Canada, this has implications for transfer payments to
provinces and for alterations to the funding of PT services.
Collectively, these changes signal profound shifts
that are underway for PT as our profession continues to
evolve in response to social, political, and economic
influences. In order to respond, we argue, it is crucial
for PT to engage in rigorous critical reflection on the
theoretical basis of physiotherapy practice. As we outline
below, critical reflection will assist us in further developing
the foundations of PT, opening up new opportunities
for growth and change in PT practice, research, and
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Impact of Optimized Breastfeeding on the Costs of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants
ObjectiveTo estimate risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) for extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants as a function of preterm formula (PF) and maternal milk intake and calculate the impact of suboptimal feeding on the incidence and costs of NEC.Study designWe used aORs derived from the Glutamine Trial to perform Monte Carlo simulation of a cohort of ELBW infants under current suboptimal feeding practices, compared with a theoretical cohort in which 90% of infants received at least 98% human milk.ResultsNEC incidence among infants receiving ≥98% human milk was 1.3%; 11.1% among infants fed only PF; and 8.2% among infants fed a mixed diet (P = .002). In adjusted models, compared with infants fed predominantly human milk, we found an increased risk of NEC associated with exclusive PF (aOR = 12.1, 95% CI 1.5, 94.2), or a mixed diet (aOR 8.7, 95% CI 1.2-65.2). In Monte Carlo simulation, current feeding of ELBW infants was associated with 928 excess NEC cases and 121 excess deaths annually, compared with a model in which 90% of infants received ≥98% human milk. These models estimated an annual cost of suboptimal feeding of ELBW infants of 24 million, 563 655 (CI 599 069) in indirect nonmedical costs, and 1.3 billion, $1.6 billion) in cost attributable to premature death.ConclusionsAmong ELBW infants, not being fed predominantly human milk is associated with an increased risk of NEC. Efforts to support milk production by mothers of ELBW infants may prevent infant deaths and reduce costs
Impact of Optimized Breastfeeding on the Costs of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants
To estimate risk of NEC for ELBW infants as a function of preterm formula and maternal milk (MM) intake and calculate the impact of suboptimal feeding on NEC incidence and costs