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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2008 Sep 25;79(1):5–14. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.08.003

Table 2b.

Cost of contraceptive method failure outcomes

Method failure Total average cost Total average cost used in the model
Birth $9,318 a $4,048 b
Induced abortionc $536.87 [29] $536.87 [29]
Spontaneous abortiond $536.87 [29] $536.87 [29]
Ectopic pregnancy (DRG 378) $10,613e $10,613e
a

Calculated based on the March of Dimes study [33] that reported $8,236 as health plan cost for pregnancy in 2004. Inflated using the medical component of CPI to 2007$.

b

Assuming 60% births are mistimed and would occur 2 years later, a 3% discount rate per year is applied. $9,318 × (1.0–0.60/(1.03)2).

c

Assuming 95% of abortions are performed in the hospital [30]. Cost of hospital abortions based on DRG 380 and 381. Cost of non-hospital abortions calculated from Henshaw [31] and CDC incidence rates [32].

d

Based on the same DRG codes and proportion of in-hospital abortions as induced abortion.

e

Calculated from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2004 [23] and HCUP 2005 data [35,36]. Inflated using the medical component of CPI to 2007$.