Table 3 Cost of childbirth for vaginal delivery broken down by patient characteristics (€ per patient)
Average VD | Age | Gestation | Parity | Education | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤25 (n = 7) | > 25 (n = 13) | Normal (n = 11) | Long (n = 9) | Nulliparous (n = 7) | Multiparous (n = 13) | Low (n = 4) | High (n = 4) | ||
Pre-delivery | |||||||||
Registration | |||||||||
Personnel | 10.26 | 10.26 | 10.26 | 10.26 | 10.26 | 10.26 | 10.26 | 10.26 | 10.26 |
Infrastructure | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
Overhead | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
Registration costs | 10.49 | 10.49 | 10.49 | 10.49 | 10.49 | 10.49 | 10.49 | 10.49 | 10.49 |
Clinical visit | |||||||||
Personnel | 37.63 | 42.33 | 35.10 | 35.14 | 40.69 | 48.77 | 31.64 | 29.58 | 40.28 |
Infrastructure | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.65 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.54 |
Overhead | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.32 |
Clinical visit costs | 38.44 | 43.24 | 35.85 | 35.88 | 41.56 | 49.81 | 32.31 | 30.21 | 41.14 |
Delivery | |||||||||
First phase | |||||||||
Personnel | 472.80 | 384.72 | 520.23 | 253.01 | 741.42 | 497.39 | 459.55 | 433.81 | 450.71 |
Infrastructure | 6.29 | 5.12 | 6.93 | 3.37 | 9.87 | 6.62 | 6.12 | 5.78 | 6.00 |
Overhead | 3.78 | 3.07 | 4.16 | 2.02 | 5.92 | 3.97 | 3.67 | 3.47 | 3.60 |
First phase costs | 482.87 | 392.91 | 531.31 | 258.40 | 757.22 | 507.99 | 469.34 | 443.05 | 460.31 |
Second phase | |||||||||
Personnel | 27.66 | 34.13 | 24.18 | 29.40 | 25.54 | 49.10 | 16.12 | 17.75 | 41.13 |
Infrastructure | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.65 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.55 |
Overhead | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.39 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.33 |
Second phase costs | 28.25 | 34.85 | 24.70 | 30.02 | 26.08 | 50.14 | 16.47 | 18.12 | 42.01 |
Aftercare | |||||||||
Personnel | 144.34 | 142.46 | 145.35 | 134.91 | 155.87 | 137.15 | 148.22 | 126.76 | 139.44 |
Infrastructure | 1.92 | 1.90 | 1.94 | 1.80 | 2.08 | 1.83 | 1.97 | 1.69 | 1.86 |
Overhead | 1.15 | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.08 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 1.18 | 1.01 | 1.11 |
Aftercare costs | 147.42 | 145.49 | 148.45 | 137.78 | 159.19 | 140.07 | 151.37 | 129.46 | 142.41 |
Post-delivery | |||||||||
Monitoring | |||||||||
Personnel | 918.18 | 936.78 | 908.17 | 887.90 | 955.19 | 896.82 | 929.68 | 907.40 | 1206.33 |
Infrastructure | 61.12 | 62.35 | 60.45 | 59.10 | 63.58 | 59.69 | 61.88 | 60.40 | 80.30 |
Overhead | 36.67 | 37.41 | 36.27 | 35.46 | 38.15 | 35.82 | 37.13 | 36.24 | 48.18 |
Monitoring costs | 1015.97 | 1036.54 | 1004.89 | 982.46 | 1056.91 | 992.33 | 1028.69 | 1004.03 | 1334.81 |
Checkout | |||||||||
Personnel | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
Infrastructure | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
Overhead | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Checkout costs | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 | 6.96 |
Medicines | 28.59 | 25.13 | 30.45 | 19.99 | 39.09 | 25.13 | 30.45 | 32.99 | 21.99 |
Medical consumables | 49.68 | 48.45 | 50.35 | 45.03 | 55.36 | 64.72 | 41.59 | 39.06 | 47.28 |
Total cost (mean) | 1808.66 | 1744.06 | 1843.44 | 1527.03 | 2152.87 | 1847.64 | 1787.67 | 1714.38 | 2107.39 |
Standard deviation | ± 490.96 | ± 571.22 | ± 463.42 | ± 350.29 | ± 420.42 | ± 492.04 | ± 509.15 | ± 263.60 | ± 406.99 |