Table 4.
Adjusted mean (SD) of total cost (2015, €) per woman according to planned place of birth in sensitivity analyses using maximum cost prices and cost prices resulting from a bottom-up calculation with five hospitals
| Maximum cost | Bottom-up calculation | |||
| Adjusted* | Adjusted* | |||
| All low-risk women | Mean (SD) | B (95% CI) | Mean (SD) | B (95% CI) |
| Birth centre (n=1610) | 3696 (7601) | Ref | 3206 (6103) | Ref |
| Hospital† (n=659) | 3643 (1456) | −53.5 (−164.7 to 57.7) | 3182 (1157) | −24.3 (−112.6 to 64.1) |
| Home (n=1067) | 3271 (1742) | −425.4 (−530.0 to 320.8)*** | 2919 (1413) | −287.1 (−372.0 to 202.2)*** |
| Birth centre—location | ||||
| Freestanding (n=65) | 3638 (1281) | −50.5 (−362.0 to 261.0) | 3397 (1025) | 219.4 (−29.9 to 468.7) |
| Alongside (n=1158) | 3689 (6490) | Ref | 3178 (5211) | Ref |
| On-site (n=387) | 3729 (1433) | 39.9 (−102.9 to 182.7) | 3260 (1141) | 82.4 (−31.3 to 196.1) |
| Birth centre—integration profile | ||||
| MOBC (n=889) | 3730 (2246) | 36.0 (−111.7 to 183.7) | 3201 (1783) | −54.9 (−172.1 to 62.4) |
| MIBC (n=338) | 3604 (1712) | −89.9 (−272.4 to 92.7) | 3165 (1376) | −90.3 (−237.1 to 56.5) |
| MUBC (n=383) | 3694 (3866) | Ref | 3256 (3093) | Ref |
*Adjusted for parity, maternal age, maternal background, urbanisation and social economic status.
†Community midwife led.
***p<0.001.
MIBC, mixed group of birth centre; MOBC, monodisciplinary-oriented birth centre; MUBC, multidisciplinary-oriented birth centre.