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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Value Health. 2013 Sep-Oct;16(6):953–964. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2013.06.014

Table 6. Cost estimates by mode of delivery.

Outcomes Uterine Rupture Failed TOLAC Successful TOLAC ERCD/Indicated Repeat*

Baseline Range Baseline Range Baseline Range Baseline Range

Maternal
 Death 27.9 0-1,000.0 27.9 0-1,000.0 24.1 0-1,000.0 27.41 0-1,000.0
 Thromboembolism 19.1 9.6-76.5 18.4 9.2-73.5 13.3 6.7-53.3 16.61 8.3-66.4
 Hysterectomy 20.4 10.2-81.5 19.6 9.8-78.6 14.6 7.3-58.4 17.9 8.9-71.5
 Operative injury 16.4 8.2-65.6 15.7 7.8-62.6 10.6 5.3-42.5 13.9 6.9-55.6
 Wound complication 18.1 9.0-72.3 17.3 8.7-69.4 12.3 6.2-49.2 15.6 7.8-62.3
 Endometritis 18.2 9.1-73.0 17.5 8.8-70.0 12.5 6.2-49.9 15.7 7.9-63.0
 Well (no adverse outcome) 13.9 6.9-20.8 13.1 6.6-19.7 8.1 4.0-12.1 11.4 5.7-17.0
Infant
 Death 52.2 0-1,000.0 52.2 0-1,000.0 52.2 0-1,000.0 52.2 0-1,000.0
 CP, acute care at birth 82.4 41.2-329.7 82.4 41.2-329.7 82.4 41.2-329.7 n/a n/a
 CP, ongoing care per yr 23.8 11.9-95.1 23.8 11.9-95.1 23.8 11.9-95.1 n/a n/a
 HIE 40.9 20.4-163.5 40.9 20.4-163.5 40.9 20.4-163.5 40.9 20.4-163.5
 Sepsis 8.6 4.3-34.2 8.6 4.3-34.2 8.6 4.3-34.2 8.6 4.3-34.2
 RDS 25.9 12.9-103.5 25.5 12.7-101.9 25.5 12.7-101.9 25.5 12.7-101.9
 TTN 9.1 4.5-36.3 8.7 4.3-34.6 8.7 4.3-34.6 8.7 4.3-34.6
 Acidemia 7.7 3.9-30.9 7.3 3.7-29.3 7.3 3.7-29.3 7.3 3.7-29.3
 Well (no adverse outcome) 0.9 0.5-1.4 0.9 0.4-1.3 0.9 0.4-1.3 0.9 0.5-1.3

Currency in dollars ($thousands); ERCD, elective repeat cesarean delivery; TOLAC, trial of labor after a previous cesarean;

CP, cerebral palsy; HIE, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome; TTN, transient tachypnea of the newborn

*

For maternal outcomes placenta previa and accreta in the indicated repeat groups, $5064 and $8561 in additional costs applied, respectively