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Table 2 Healthcare acts and costs per delivery, overall and stratified by process, for the whole sample and by maternal origin

From: Descriptive analysis of childbirth healthcare costs in an area with high levels of immigration in Spain

 

Overall (N = 1,026)

 

Spanish-born mothers (N = 462)

 

Foreign-born mothers (N = 564)

 

p of acts

p of cost

Process

Acts

%

Costs (SD)

%

Acts

%

Costs (SD)

%

Acts

%

Costs (SD)

%

  

Pregnancy

              

   Primary care visits

5.79 (4.4)

31,7

137.92 (99.3)

3,2

5.80 (4.7)

30,6

136.87 (106.9)

3,2

5.79 (4.1)

32,6

138.79 (92.6)

3,2

0,556

0,566

   Emergencies

1.88 (2.2)

10,3

164.65 (200.1)

3,8

2.18 (2.6)

11,5

191.49 (228.7)

4,4

1.63 (1.9)

9,2

142.66 (170.3)

3,3

0,001

0,002

   Hospital contacts

2.41 (3.3)

13,2

276.10 (491.8)

6,4

2.50 (3.1)

13,2

241.12 (431.0)

5,6

2.33 (3.4)

13,1

304.75 (535.2)

7,0

0,042

0,806

   Tests

3.59 (2.6)

19,7

212.17 (242.0)

4,9

3.81 (2.7)

20,1

237.41 (273.9)

5,5

3.41 (2.5)

19,2

191.5 (210.2)

4,4

0,009

0,007

Delivery

              

   Maternal admission

1

5,5

2,453.48 (819.4)

56,7

1

5,3

2,474.42 (823.7)

57,5

1

5,6

2,436.32 (816.1)

56,1

 

0,050

   Neonatal admission

1.03 (0.2)

5,6

859.48 (1,575.4)

19,9

1.03 (0.2)

5,5

825.56 (1,321.1)

19,2

1.02 (0.1)

5,7

887.26 (1,757.2)

20,4

0,187

0,325

Three-month postnatal care

              

   Primary care visits

1.44 (1.5)

7,9

30.69 (30.9)

0,7

1.50 (1.6)

7,9

32.14 (33.2)

0,7

1.39 (1.4)

7,8

29.51 (28.9)

0,7

0,617

0,495

   Hospital contacts

              

Newborn

0.80 (1.3)

4,4

139.35 (526.7)

3,2

0.75 (1.2)

4,0

126.86 (456.8)

2,9

0.84 (1.3)

4,8

149.58 (577.9)

3,4

0,231

0,250

Mother

0.32 (1.0)

1,8

52.37 (566.1)

1,2

0.34 (0.9)

1,8

39.90 (173.4)

0,9

0.31 (1.1)

1,7

62.59 (747.4)

1,4

0,211

0,229

   Tests

0.02 (0.4)

0,1

1.60 (35.7)

0,0

0.01 (0.2)

0,1

0.89 (15.3)

0,0

0.03 (0.6)

0,2

2.19 (46.2)

0,1

0,908

0,905

Total per delivery

18.28 (8.1)

100

4,327.82 (2,377.3)

100

18.93 (8.3)

100

4,306.67 (1,974.1)

100

17.75 (7.9)

100

4,345.15 (2,664.1)

100

0,004

0,079

Total for all deliveries

18.756

 

4.440.344,12

 

8.745

 

1.989.679,43

 

10.011

 

2.450.664,68

   
  1. Acts and costs are expressed as means (standard deviation). Percentages are calculated over the total amount of activity or costs. P-values for Mann-Whiteny U tests.