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Table 4 Cost per woman from the public hospital perspective for one financial year 2009/10 in Australian dollars

From: Caseload midwifery compared to standard or private obstetric care for first time mothers in a public teaching hospital in Australia: a cross sectional study of cost and birth outcomes

Model

mean

median

IQR

Mean diff (95% CI)

All women

N = 4,038

MGP (1,369)

$3,904.64

$3,041.71

$1252.65 - $5593.33

Reference

SC (1,799)

$5,839.86

$5,159.50

$2850.95-$7603.85

$1,935 ($1,625.1 - $2,245.40)*

POC (870)

$5,299.52

$4994.69

$2728.47-$6744.90

$1,394.88 ($1,019.90 - $1,769.80)*

Primiparous women

N = 2,111

MGP (671)

$4722.11

$4124.37

$1887.07-$6664.49

Reference

SC (983)

$6307.02

$5879.71

$3577.41-$8045.18

$1,584.91 ($1167.60 - $2,002.20)*

POC (457)

$5878.80

$5775.72

$3512.11-$7186.27

$1,156.69 ($651.30 - $1,662.10)*

Multiparous women

N = 1,927

MGP (698)

$3118.79

$2121.75

$760.68-$4097.74

Reference

SC (816)

$5277.08

$4080.72

$2364.13-$7031.86

$2,158.29 ($1,704.70 - $2,611.90)*

POC (413)

$4658.53

$3922.21

$2435.91-$6163.57

$1,539.73 ($993.60 - $2,085.90)*

Standard Primipara

N = 963

MGP (349)

$3903.78

$3410.02

$1513.88-$5647.94

Reference

SC (425)

$5494.69

$5429.44

$3371.54-$6936.25

$1,590.91 ($1177.39- $2,004.43)*

POC (189)

$5279.23

$5218.63

$3505.79-$6633.25

$1,375.45 ($858.46 - $1,892.44)*

  1. *p < 0.001.
  2. IQR = Inter quartile range.
  3. MGP = Midwifery group Practice; SC = Standard Care; POC = Private Obstetric Care.
  4. (Note total population N = 4,038).