Table 1.

Costs of labor by mode of delivery^*

Method of delivery	Actively managed labor, $	Control, $
Total deliveries	(n = 200)	(n = 205)	P
Materials	193.13 ± 83.21	136.21 ± 100.00	0.16
Labor	188.78 ± 86.00	185.42 ± 77.87	0.68
Fee	1,320.03 ± 245.90	1,352.95 ± 299.54	0.23
Hotel	848.86 ± 424.16	854.04 ± 377.88	0.90
Total	2,480.79 ± 765.85	2,528.61 ± 789.48	0.54
Vaginal deliveries	(n = 185)	(n = 181)	P
Materials	101.00 ± 30.6	102.00 ± 34.10	0.85
Fee	1,250.00 ± 0	1,250.00	>0
Hotel	769.06 ± 278.48	749.26 ± 234.72	0.47
Total	2,294.04 ± 350.83	2,267.00 ± 298.43	0.43
Cesarean deliveries	(n = 15)	(n = 24)	P Value
Materials	394.60 ± 17.48	392.41 ± 17.82	0.71
Labor	370.17 ± 126.86	328.82 ± 72.12	0.20
Fee	2,179.00 ± 0	2,116.50 ± 3.06	0.44
Hotel	1,827.77 ± 648.32	1,631.17 ± 329.80	0.21
Total	4,771.54 ± 778.18	4,468.89 ± 550.96	0.16

^*Values are given as mean ± SD US dollars for 1997. Total deliveries = vaginal deliveries plus cesarean deliveries in each column.