Table 3 Frequency and total numbers of antenatal attendances, investigations and ultrasound scans*
Group | Pre-conception care costs | Total antenatal attendances | Ultrasound scans | Antenatal care | Total care (including antenatal and delivery care) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women who deliver premature (<37 weeks gestation) | Women who deliver to full term (37 to 40 weeks gestation) | Women who deliver premature (<37 weeks gestation) | Women who deliver to full term (37 to 40 weeks gestation) | Women who deliver premature (<37 weeks gestation) | Women who deliver to full term (37 to 40 weeks gestation) | |||
1: Women with a previous healthy child | ✗ | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | £673 | £724 | £2,147 |
2a: Women with a previous healthy child but has diabetes | £500 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 5 | £1,309 | £1,411 | £3,870 |
2b: Women with a previous healthy child but has hypertension | £188 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | £1,154 | £1,256 | £2,920 |
3a: Women with a previous stillbirth – known causes (non-recurrent) | £159 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | £1,294 | £1,486 | £3,235 |
3b: Women with a previous stillbirth – known causes (recurrent)# | £159 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | £1,779 | £1,970 | £3,720 |
3c: Women with a previous stillbirth – unknown causes# | £159 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | £1,810 | £2,002 | £3,751 |