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Table 4 Quantities of resource use per period.

From: Cost Analysis of the Dutch Obstetric System: low-risk nulliparous women preferring home or short-stay hospital birth - a prospective non-randomised controlled study

Component

Unit

Week 16-28

Week 29-42

Delivery

Post-partum

  

HB

N = 204

SSHB

N = 157

HB

N = 189

SSHB

N = 142

HB

N = 246

SSHB

N = 180

HB

N = 246

SSHB

N = 179

Midwife

Visit/telephone

832

606

1281

919

382

251

629

382

Midwife assistent

Visit/telephone

36

28

27

6

0

0

0

0

GP

Visit

56

40

23

23

0

1

91

64

 

Telephone

8

9

4

2

0

0

16

15

GP assistant

Visit/telephone

51

34

33

13

0

0

19

15

Out-patient clinic obstetrics/obstetrician/paediatrician/assistent

Visit

4

2

198

185

55

41

28

30

 

Telephone consultation

112

122

9

5

4

8

6

4

Nurse in hospital

Visit/telephone

26

25

35

48

8

13

0

0

Maternity care assistance at home

Intake

4

4

42

31

0

0

N/A

N/A

 

Telephone

4

1

8

4

0

0

0

0

 

Visit

3

2

1

4

57

12

237

169

Ultrasound

Visit

85

86

5

11

0

0

0

0

 

Telephone

0

1

33

24

0

0

0

0

Physiotherapist

Visit

27

36

7

1

0

0

7

0

Alternative treatment

Visit

0

1

2

0

0

0

2

5

 

Telephone

0

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

Medical specialist

Visit

12

3

1

0

0

0

1

1

 

Telephone consultation

3

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

Lactation aid

Visit

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

5

 

Telephone consultation

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

2

Physician child health centre

Visit/telephone

0

0

0

0

0

0

86

55

Nurse child health centre

Visit/telephone

0

0

0

0

0

0

267

192

Help from family and friends

Visit/telephone

0

0

0

0

0

0

47

47

Vacuum extraction

Per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

43

29

N/A

N/A

Caesarean section (planned)

Per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

10

10

N/A

N/A

Caesarean section (unplanned)

Per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

21

27

N/A

N/A

Fundus expression

Per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

14

11

N/A

N/A

Forceps

Per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2

1

N/A

N/A

Episiotomy

Per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

122

75

N/A

N/A

Rupture

Per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

82

66

N/A

N/A

Hospital day (mother and child)

Per day

7

0

83

47

33

21

840

854

  1. HB = intending to give birth at home
  2. SSHB = intending to give birth in a short-stay hospital setting