Table 3. Delays in health-seeking behaviours, length of stay, and expenses (F CFA) of members and non-members^*.

Parturients	Episodes using only a healthcare centre			Episodes including a stay in a hospital maternity unit
	Member	Non-member	Difference	Member	Non-member	Difference
Time before arrival at centre/maternity unit (days)	0.47	0.67	−0.20	0.68	0.74
Length of stay at healthcare centre (days)§	1.64	2.07	−0.43	0.47	0.28
Delay before transfer to maternityunits (days)§§				0.57	1.67
Length of stay. hospital maternity unit (days)				7.4	5.3	2.15
Charges billed at healthcare centre (F CFA)	8 682	12 918	−4 236	3 960	3 130
Charges billed at maternity unit (F CFA)				32 605	49 579	−16 974
Total expenses episode of care (F CFA)	8 821	12 949	−4 128	33 549	50 407	−16 858
Hospitalized patients	Hospitalized at Papané			Hospitalized at Ouessé
	Member	Non-Member	Difference	Member	Non-Member	Difference
Charges billed at hospital (F CFA)	8 997	25 718	−16 721	5 245	19 383	−14 138
Total expenses, Hospital stay (F CFA)	27 464	43 939	−16 475	16 148	27 317	−11 169

^§Parturients who used only a healthcare centre.

^§§Parturients transferred from a centre to a hospital maternity unit.

^*Paired tests. Only significant differences reported. Boldface: significant difference.