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Table 6 Sensitivity analysis of all respondents (n = 449)

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

 

Bootstrapped mean costs of home birth group1

Bootstrapped mean costs of short-stay hospital birth group2

Differences (mean (2.5th percentile, 97.5th percentile))

Mean costs of home birth group1

N = 255 (56.8%)

Mean costs of short-stay hospital birth group2

N = 194 (43.2%)

Week 16 -- 28

     

Cost of contacts with health care professionals

€105.17

€106.03

1 (-11, 12)

€105.00

€106.09

Cost of medication

€6.56

€4.51

-2 (-5, 1)

€6.54

€4.47

Cost of hospitalisation

€11.00

€0

-11 (-29, 0)

€10.71

€0

Subtotal week 16 -- 28

€121.89

€110.51

-11 (-40, 8)

€122.26

€110.56

Week 29 -- 42

     

Cost of contacts with health care professionals

€221.33

€234.34

13 (-13, 38)

€221.42

€234.39

Cost of medication

€14.51

€9.31

-5 (-13, 0)

€14.38

€9.29

Cost of hospitalisation

€253.19

€212.31

-41 (-199, 138)

€249.51

€213.27

Subtotal week 29 -- 42

€486.30

€454.71

-32 (-214, 147)

€485.31

€456.95

Delivery

     

Cost of contacts with health care professionals

€138.92

€87.61

-51 (-69, -34)*

€139.23

€87.88

Cost of hospitalisation

€50.69

€42.87

-8 (-33, 19)

€50.51

€42.25

Cost of medical interventions

€461.52

€468.69

7 (-42, 60)

€462.35

€468.35

Cost of pain control

€7.63

€8.69

1 (-2, 5)

€7.63

€8.70

Subtotal delivery

€659.26

€606.83

-52 (-115, 6)

€659.72

€607.18

Postpartum care

     

Cost of contacts with health care professionals

€164.42

€153.61

-11 (-23, 1)

€ 164,25

€153.66

Cost of maternity care assistance at home

€1,505.53

€1,309.11

-196 (-297, -96)*

€ 1.504,75

€1,307.65

Cost of help from family and friends

€27.05

€35.10

8 (-8, 27)

€ 26,87

€34.85

Cost of medication

€6.47

€5.30

-1 (-4, 1)

€ 6,57

€5.29

Cost of hospitalisation mother

€680.63

€895.09

214 (35, 395)*

€ 679,63

€893.33

Cost of hospitalisation child

€609.90

€870.89

261 (-54, 633)

€ 606,16

€871.20

Subtotal postpartum care

€2,988.07

€3,259.98

272 (-140, 702)

€2.988,24

€3,265.99

Transportation costs during delivery

€34.33

€21.37

-13 (-28, 4)

€34,26

€21.44

Extra costs incurred by responders

€69.03

€71.28

2 (-12, 17)

€68,90

€71.56

Total health care costs

€4,225.98

€4,401.77

176 (-352, 730)

€4.228,66

€4,405.84

Total non-health care cost

€130.03

€128.17

-2 (-29, 26)

€130,03

€127.85

Total costs

€4,364.42

€4,541.22

177 (-313, 734)

€4.358,69

€4,533.68

  1. 1 Costs of women who intended to give birth at home
  2. 2 Costs of women who intended to give birth in a short-stay hospital setting
  3. * p < 0.05