Table 4 Pregnancy to one year hospitalisation costs: mean (standard deviation), by gestational age for SGA and AGA infants
From: Prenatal and post-natal cost of small for gestational age infants: a national study
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[22–28[ | [28–32[ | [32–37[ | [37–39[ | [39–43[ | ||||||
N = 1,213 | N = 3,346 | N = 29,165 | N = 101,974 | N = 344,750 | ||||||
SGA | AGA | SGA | AGA | SGA | AGA | SGA | AGA | SGA | AGA | |
N = 517 | N = 696 | N = 1,791 | N = 1,555 | N = 8,789 | N = 20,376 | N = 17,491 | N = 84,483 | N = 56,100 | N = 288,650 | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
PREGNANCY (maternal) | €1,785 (€2,673) | €1,763 (€2,387) | €2,739 (€2,814) | €4,150 (€6,295) | €3,238 (€3,358) | €2,759 (€3,507) | €1,726 (€2,486) | €1,160 (€1,945) | €640 (€1,404) | €477 (€1,119) |
DELIVERY (maternal) | €6,675 (€12,363) | €3,735 (€2,220) | €6,175 (€1,242) | €6,306 (€3,557) | €6,296 (€2,335) | €4,878 (€2,203) | €3,395 (€818) | €3,026 (€726) | €2,585 (€773) | €2,481 (€508) |
INITIAL HOSPITALISATION (infant) | €42,539 (€33,838) | €36,905 (€30,188) | €28,671 (€14,143) | €21,935 (€14,680) | €8,484 (€7,869) | €4,539 (€5,313) | €2,067 (€2,620) | €1,074 (€1,315) | €1,170 (€1,374) | €979 (€849) |
FIRST YEAR OF LIFE | €17,273 (€31,936) | €21,145 (€35,397) | €14,143 (€22,627) | €13,571 (€19,624) | €3,868 (€8,899) | €1,994 (€6,230) | €715 (€3,060) | €392 (€1,935) | €416 (€2,615) | €287 (€1,833) |
TOTAL AVERAGE COST | €68,272 (€43,776) | €63,547 (€43,951) | €49,304 (€27,118) | €43,490 (€21,423) | €18,783 (€12,078) | €12,026 (€8,585) | €6,634 (€4,313) | €4,682 (€2,556) | €4,487 (€3,080) | €3,926 (€2,081) |
57,772 | 51,948 | 42,545 | 38,885 | 12,551 | 9,721 | 5,554 | 4,121 | 3,703 | 3,467 | |
Median (IQR) | [38,780; 86,606] | [34,779; 81,310] | [30,175; 60,134] | [27726; 52,644] | [6,822; 22,688] | [6,330; 15,051] | [3,742; 8,324] | [2,909; 5,824] | [2,443; 5,628] | [2,476; 4,855] |
Average cost difference between SGA and AGA infants | € 4,725 | € 5,814 | € 6,757 | € 1,952 | € 561 | |||||