Table 5 Base case analysis
| Â | Bootstrapped mean costs of home birth group1 | Bootstrapped mean costs of short-stay hospital birth group2 | Differences (mean (2.5th percentile, 97.5th percentile)) | Mean costs of home birth group1 | Mean costs of short-stay hospital birth group2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Week 16 -- 28 | Â | Â | Â | N = 204 | N = 157 |
Cost of contacts with health care professionals | €105.38 | €106.79 | 1 (-14, 15) | €104.38 | €102.05 |
Cost of medication | €6.57 | €4.51 | -2 (-6, 2) | €6.54 | €4.50 |
Cost of hospitalisation | €13.82 | €0 | -14 (-46, 0) | €13.39 | € 0,00 |
Subtotal week 16 -- 28 | € 124.11 | €105.77 | -18 (-52, 7) | €124.32 | €106.55 |
Week 29 -- 42 | Â | Â | Â | N = 189 | N = 142 |
Cost of contacts with health care professionals | €180.68 | €196.96 | 16 (-16, 51) | €177.08 | €192.99 |
Cost of medication | €14.10 | €.9.30 | -5 (-14, 3) | €14.16 | €9.10 |
Cost of hospitalisation | €341.17 | €285.43 | -56 (-299, 166) | €336.63 | €291.37 |
Subtotal week 29 -- 42 | €526.63 | €491.87 | -35 (-282,203) | €527.87 | €493.46 |
Delivery | Â | Â | Â | N = 246 | N = 180 |
Cost of contacts with health care professionals | €138.38 | €87.94 | -50 (-76, -25)* | €98.48 | €64.93 |
Cost of hospitalisation | €73.83 | €61.26 | -13 (-50, 22) | €52.36 | €45.54 |
Cost of medical interventions | €481.01 | €505.64 | 25 (-26, 76) | €479.26 | €504.78 |
Cost of pain control | €7.92 | €9.35 | 1 (-2, 5) | €7.91 | €9.38 |
Subtotal delivery | €637.06 | €620.85 | -16 (-76, 48) | €638.01 | €624.62 |
Postpartum care | Â | Â | Â | N = 246 | N = 179 |
Cost of contacts with health care professionals | €166.44 | €150.11 | -16 (-36, 2) | € 111.08 | €103.08 |
Cost of maternity care assistance at home | €1,551.69 | €1,240.69 | -311 (-485, -150)* | € 1.034.51 | €853.98 |
Cost of help from family and friends | €24.91 | €38.18 | 13 (-10, 44) | € 16,67 | €25.77 |
Cost of medication | €6.50 | €5.28 | -1 (-6, 3) | € 4.38 | €3.67 |
Cost of hospitalisation mother | €707.77 | €959.06 | 251 (69, 433)* | € 704.50 | €968.19 |
Cost of hospitalisation child | €635.81 | €965.88 | 330 (-8, 707) | € 628.34 | €944.21 |
Subtotal postpartum care | €2,506.09 | €2,873.31 | 367 (-99, 865) | € 2.499,47 | €2,898.90 |
Transportation costs during delivery | €33.92 | € 21,85 | -12 (-33, 12) | N = 215 € 29.16 | N = 155 €19.09 |
Extra costs incurred by responders | €68.85 | € 71,95 | 3 (-14, 22) | N = 215 € 62.82 | N = 155 €66.32 |
Total health care costs | €3,595.38 | € 3.847,04 | 252 (-306, 867) | N = 248 € 3.600,20 | N = 184 €3,877.84 |
Total non-health care cost | €110.95 | € 114,62 | 4 (-29, 39) | € 96.27 | €97.02 |
Total costs from societal perspective | €3,694.83 | € 3.949,97 | 255 (-353, 859) | € 3.696,47 | €3,,974.86 |