Kangaroo mother care in resource-limited settings: implementation, health benefits, and cost-effectiveness

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Table 1 KMC versus CMC: summary of selected study findings

Authors (country), year	Some evaluated parameters	KMC group	CMC group
Lincetto et al (Mozambique),^Citation34 2000	Survival rate (proportion of admitted LBW infants that survived)	73%	20%
Ramanathan et al (India),^Citation35 2001	Weight gain after first week of life	15.9±4.5 g/day	10.6±4.5 g/day
	Hospital discharge	27.2±7 days	34.6±7 days
	Number of mothers exclusively breastfeeding at 6 weeks	12/14	6/14
Suman et al (India),^Citation36 2008	Average weight gain/day	23.99 g	15.58 g
	Weekly increments in OFC	0.75 cm	0.49 cm
	Weekly increments in length	0.99 cm	0.7 cm
	Number of exclusively breastfed babies after study	98%	76%
Worku and Kassie (Ethiopia),^Citation38 2005	Mortality rate	22.5%	38%
Lima et al (Brazil),^Citation39 2000	Cost of care	20 US$ per bed/day	66 US$ per bed/day
Charpak et al (Colombia),^Citation40 2001	Cumulative mortality at 12 months	3.0%	5.5%
	Hospital stay (≤1.2 kg)	6.2 days	19.7 days
	Hospital stay (≤1.5 kg)	4.0 days	13.8 days

Abbreviations: KMC, kangaroo mother care; CMC, conventional method of care; LBW, low birth weight; OFC, occipitofrontal circumference.

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