Lactobacillus reuteri UALre-16 and Reduced Community Healthcare Costs

• Diarrhea in Preschool Children and Lactobacillus reuteri: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • 2014-04-01
  • RCT · n = 336
  • Pediatrics 133(4)
  • • P. Gutiérrez-Castrellón
    • G. López-Velázquez
    • Luisa Díaz-García
    • C. Jiménez-Gutiérrez
    • J. Mancilla-Ramírez
    • Juliana Estevez-Jiménez
    • M. Parra

  • PubMed: 24639271
  • DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0652

  12 Insights on

  • Reduced Community Healthcare Costs

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial
  • Highly Cited

  A cost-benefit analysis revealed significant reductions in costs in the L reuteri-treated children.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes