Fig. 1From: Incremental cost of premature birth – a public health care payer perspective from HungaryTotal expenditure per capita (rounded, Euro) by gestational age (weeks). A in the first 6 months, B in the first 6 years of life; the values in brackets show how many times higher the costs for a child born at a given gestational age are compared to those of a child born at 40 weeks. C The incremental spending in each gestational group compared to the costs of those one week more mature in the first 6 months of life; D the incremental spending in the first 6 years of life Back to article page