Table 5.

Summary of medical costs for intervention and control group by the type of birth: with and without caesarean section (CS)

	Birth type	Cost per birth	N	(%)	Overall cost per birth (95% CI)
Intervention	No CS	$A6174	72	81.8	$A6930 ($A6541 to $A7340)
	CS	$A10 333	16	18.2
Control	No CS	$A6336	56	67.5	$A7739 ($A7243 to $A8255)
	CS	$A10 647	27	32.5
Net medical savings per woman					$A808 ($A163 to $A1455)

The cost per birth is simply the average cost per birth, estimated over all the births in the corresponding category.