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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jan 15;202(6):548.e1–548.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.12.005

Table 5.

Subgroup analysis of high-risk women; number of preterm births prior to 34 weeks prevented per dollar spent by strategy with an estimated annual cohort of 280,000*

Strategy Number of Preterm
Births
Total Cost
(100 Million $)
Cost per Preterm
Birth Prevented
No screening or
treating (ref)
70,280 112.4 Reference
Sonographic
screening; vag p for
short cervix
69,440 111.1 $13,226,000
Standard of care;
17-OHP-C
57,680 95.9 $761,400
*

Estimated number of women annually with a history of at least one prior preterm birth (“high-risk”)

Compared to no screening or treating