Table 6 Factors predicting medical direct costs, ordinary least squares

(Constant)

312,933.0

267,768.4

1.169

0.247

Corticosteroid not taken (ref)

 Corticosteroid taken

95,482.7

83,918.6

1.138

0.260

District hospital (ref)

 Regional Referral Hospital

313,127.2

88,846.8

3.52

0.000

 Tertiary Hospital

165,503.1

89,393.1

1.85

0.049

Insured with CBHI (ref)

 Insured with RSSB/RAMA

357,473.9

152,152.2

2.35

0.022

 Insured with other private insurance

−215,405.6

260,137.3

−0.82

0.411

Born in the hospital study (ref)

 Born in HC of this hospital CA

−22,780.8

89,032.4

−0.25

0.799

 Born in HC of another catchment area

2745.3

128,890.2

0.02

0.983

 Born Elsewhere in another facility

47,049.2

192,900.4

0.24

0.808

No oxygen (ref)

 Oxygen therapy

228,758.3

86,647.4

2.64

0.010

Male newborn (ref)

 Female newborn

55,028.2

66,889.7

0.82

0.414

Weight at birth (per gram)

− 334.6

104.4

−3.2

0.002

APGAR at the fifth min (per point)

20,287.7

21,584.7

0.94

0.351

Ubudehe Category 1 (ref)

 Ubudehe Category 2

22,777.5

103,600.9

0.22

0.826

 Ubudehe Category 3

119,325.8

101,747.2

1.17

0.246

 Ubudehe Category 4

− 145,912.5

219,607.7

−0.66

0.509

Delivery by cesarean section (ref)

 Delivery mode-Normal delivery

40,675.9

45,060.4

0.902

0.368

 R Square

R² = 0,613