Table 1.
Hospital admission costs and infant feeding at 6–8 weeks for the 1997–2009 birth cohort.
Fig 1.
Average admission costs (0–27 months) by mode of infant feeding and deprivation area.
Source: Public Health Scotland. Figure includes breakdown of hospital admission costs for common childhood illnesses by mode of infant feeding and deprivation quintile. The childhood illnesses include: gastrointestinal, respiratory (lower and upper) and urinary tract infections, otitis media, asthma, eczema, diabetes, dental caries and fevers.
Table 2.
Costs of GP consultations by deprivation and infant feeding in the primary care subset.
Table 3.
Summary of healthcare costs and potential savings.