Epidemiological profile and obstetric outcomes of patients with peripartum congestive heart failure in Taiwan: a retrospective nationwide study

Table 5 Cesarean sections; length of hospital stays; and hospital cost in peripartum congestive heart failure group

Variable	PCHF^a	No PCHF	P
Variable	n = 512	n = 2,115,361	P
Types of delivery			< 0.001
Normal spontaneous delivery)	172 (33.59%)	1,386,467 (65.54%)
Cesarean section	340 (66.41%)	728,894 (34.46%)
Hospital Stay (days)
Length of hospital stay at delivery	4.98 ± 4.38	3.51 ± 1.68	< 0.001
Total length of hospital stays, peripartum	20.15 ± 25.23	4.30 ± 8.24	< 0.001
Hospital cost [New Taiwan Dollars (NT$)]
Hospital cost at delivery	41,474 ± 51,616	19,962 ± 9425	< 0.001
Total hospital cost, peripartum	197,386 ± 289,423	24,061 ± 33,868	< 0.001

Percentage of cesarean sections; length of hospital stays; and hospital cost in peripartum congestive heart failure group during 1997–2013 in Taiwan
^a PCHF: peripartum congestive heart failure

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