Table 4 Cost of childbirth for caesarean section broken down by patient characteristics (€ per patient)
Average CS | Age | Gestation | Parity | Education | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤25 (n = 2) | > 25 (n = 1) | Normal (n = 1) | Long (n = 2) | Nulliparous (n = 2) | Multiparous (n = 1) | Low (n = 1) | High (n = 1) | ||
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 | 75.12 | 95.78 | 33.80 | 157.75 | 33.80 | 33.80 | 157.75 | 33.80 | 33.80 |
Infrastructure | 1.00 | 1.28 | 0.45 | 2.10 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 2.10 | 0.45 | 0.45 |
Overhead | 0.60 | 0.77 | 0.27 | 1.26 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 1.26 | 0.27 | 0.27 |
Clinical visit costs | 76.72 | 97.82 | 34.52 | 161.11 | 34.52 | 34.52 | 161.11 | 34.52 | 34.52 |
Delivery | |||||||||
Baby Delivery | |||||||||
Personnel | 12.39 | 12.96 | 11.27 | 13.52 | 11.83 | 11.83 | 13.52 | 11.27 | 12.39 |
Infrastructure | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.17 |
Overhead | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
Delivery costs | 12.66 | 13.23 | 11.51 | 13.81 | 12.08 | 12.08 | 13.81 | 11.51 | 12.66 |
Recovery Time | |||||||||
Personnel | 101.41 | 101.41 | 101.41 | 67.61 | 118.31 | 118.31 | 67.61 | 101.41 | 135.21 |
Infrastructure | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 0.90 | 1.58 | 1.58 | 0.90 | 1.35 | 1.80 |
Overhead | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.54 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.54 | 0.81 | 1.08 |
Baby delivery costs | 103.57 | 103.57 | 103.57 | 69.05 | 120.83 | 120.83 | 69.05 | 103.57 | 138.09 |
Aftercare | |||||||||
Personnel | 146.48 | 36.62 | 366.20 | 50.71 | 194.37 | 194.37 | 50.71 | 366.20 | 22.54 |
Infrastructure | 1.95 | 0.49 | 4.88 | 0.68 | 2.59 | 2.59 | 0.68 | 4.88 | 0.30 |
Overhead | 1.17 | 0.29 | 2.93 | 0.41 | 1.55 | 1.55 | 0.41 | 2.93 | 0.18 |
Aftercare costs | 149.60 | 37.40 | 3740.00 | 51.79 | 198.51 | 198.51 | 51.79 | 3740.00 | 23.02 |
Post-delivery | |||||||||
Monitoring | |||||||||
Personnel | 1791.66 | 1733.33 | 1908.32 | 1562.51 | 1906.23 | 1906.23 | 1562.51 | 1908.32 | 1904.15 |
Infrastructure | 119.26 | 115.37 | 127.02 | 104.00 | 126.88 | 126.88 | 104.00 | 127.02 | 126.74 |
Overhead | 71.55 | 69.22 | 76.21 | 62.40 | 76.13 | 76.13 | 62.40 | 76.21 | 76.05 |
Monitoring costs | 1982.47 | 1917.93 | 2111.55 | 1728.91 | 2109.24 | 2109.24 | 1728.91 | 2111.55 | 2106.94 |
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 | 29.32 | 21.99 | 43.98 | 43.98 | 21.99 | 21.99 | 43.98 | 43.98 | 0 |
Medical consumables | 92.20 | 92.20 | 92.20 | 92.20 | 92.20 | 92.20 | 92.20 | 92.20 | 92.20 |
Total cost (mean) | 2463.98 | 2301.58 | 2778.78 | 2178.29 | 2606.83 | 2606.83 | 2178.29 | 2788.78 | 2424.88 |
Standard deviation | ± 307.12 | ± 174.36 | NA | NA | ± 257.32 | ± 257.32 | NA | NA | NA |