Table 1 Model results for costs of untreated MMHCs (in millions of dollars) for the 2019 birth cohort: All Texas mothers

Maternal costs

 Productivity losses

610.2

222.7

77.5

81.0

84.7

88.5

92.5

 Suicide

12.0

4.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.8

 Preeclampsia^a

36.8

36.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 Cesarean delivery^a

55.2

55.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 Peripartum stay^a

31.3

31.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 Non-obstetric health expenditures

445.1

162.4

56.5

59.1

61.8

64.6

67.5

 Benefit receipt

22.2

3.5

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.3

4.5

Child costs

 Preterm birth^a

371.8

371.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 Suboptimal breastfeeding^a

5.7

5.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 SIDS

1.3

1.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 Behavioral and developmental disorders

555.7

89.3

93.3

97.5

101.9

106.5

111.3

 Obesity

3.9

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

 Asthma

32.8

5.3

5.5

5.7

6.0

6.3

6.6

 Injury

26.3

9.6

3.3

3.5

3.7

3.8

4.0

 Emergency department visits

15.7

5.7

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

 Non-attendance of well-child care visits

-11.2

-4.1

-1.4

-1.5

-1.6

-1.6

-1.7

Total societal costs for one birth cohort (millions of $)

2,215

1,002

243

254

265

277

290

Cost per mother–child pair with an MMHC in the first year post-delivery ($)

20,106

Cost per mother–child pair with an MMHC in the first two years post-delivery ($)

24,976

Cost per mother–child pair with an MMHC, averaged over the first two years post-delivery ($)

12,488

Cost per mother–child pair with an MMHC in the first five years post-delivery ($)

44,460

Cost per mother–child pair with an MMHC, averaged over the six years from conception through the first five years post-delivery ($)

7,411