Table 1.

Unit prices used in the cost analysis

Component	Unit	Price*	Data Sources
Midwife	per hour	€ 35.11	KNOV/TNO1
Midwife assistant	per hour	€ 31.60	KNOV/TNO1
GP	per visit	€ 21,95	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2
	per telephone consultation	€ 10,97	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2
GP assistant	per hour	€ 11.70	Collective labour agreement (GP care)
Out-patient clinic obstetrics/obstetrician/paediatrician/assistant physician	per visit	€ 68.50	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2
	per telephone consultation	€ 34.25	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2
Nurse in hospital	per hour	€ 10.36	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2
Maternity care assistance at home	per intake	€ 54.80	Nza3
	per telephone contact	€ 18.30	Nza3
	per hour	€ 39.40	Nza3
Ultrasound	per visit	€ 34.38	CTG codes (CVZ)4
	per hour (telephone)	€ 10.36	CTG codes (CVZ)4
Physiotherapist	per visit	€ 24.72	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2
Alternative treatment	per visit	€ 46.67	Websites alternative healers
	per telephone consultation	€ 15.00	Websites alternative healers
Medical specialist	per visit	€ 68.50	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2
	per telephone consultation	€ 34.25	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2
Lactation aid	per visit	€ 64.00	NVL5
	per telephone consultation	€ 10.00	NVL5
Dietician	per 15 minutes	€ 14.20	Nza3
Physician child health centre	per hour	€ 29.34	Collective labour agreement (home care)
Nurse child health centre	per hour	€ 23.84	Collective labour agreement (home care)
Help from family and friends	per hour	€ 9.02	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2
Vacuum extraction	per subject	€ 431.22	CTG codes (CVZ)4
Caesarean section (planned)	per subject	€ 634.47	CTG codes (CVZ)4
Caesarean section (unplanned)	per subject	€ 586.03	CTG codes (CVZ)4
Fundus expression	per subject	€ 431.22	CTG codes (CVZ)4
Forceps	per subject	€ 431.22	CTG codes (CVZ)4
Episiotomy	per subject	€ 361.79	CTG codes (CVZ)4
Rupture (suture)	per subject	€ 361,79	CTG codes (CVZ)4
Hospital day (mother and child)	per day	€ 390.33	Oostenbrink et al. (2004)2

¹KNOV: Koninklijke Nederlandse Organisatie van Verloskundigen (Royal Dutch Organization of Midwives)

²Oostenbrink et al. (2004) [18]. Dutch Manual for Costing: Methods and Standard Costs for Economic Evaluations in Health Care

³ Nza: Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit (Dutch Healthcare Authority)

⁴ CTG: College Tarieven Gezondheidszorg (National Health Tariffs Authority)

⁵ NVL: Nederlandse Vereniging van Lactatiekundigen (Dutch Organization of Lactation professionals)

* All prices are converted to reference year 2008 by means of price index numbers of June 2008