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Table 1 Overview of patient and disease characteristics of the sample of women who gave birth

From: A time-driven activity-based costing approach for identifying variability in costs of childbirth between and within types of delivery

 

Vaginal delivery

(n = 20)

Caesarean section

(n = 3)

Age

 ≤ 25 years

7

2

 > 25 years

13

1

Parity

 Nulliparous

7

2

 Multiparous

13

1

Weeks pregnancy

 ≤ 37 weeks

0

0

 38–40 weeks

11

1

 > 40 weeks

9

2

Education level

 High school

4

1

 College

3

1

 University

1

0

 Unknown

13

1

  1. Note: None of the patients were smokers, had COPD, asthma, diabetes, intoxications or pre-eclampsia
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