Table 3.

Inpatient costs based on two Swiss hospitals (Lucerne Cantonal Hospital and Basel University Hospital [16, 17]).

Indication	N (%)	Effective length of stay, median (days)	Effective length of stay, mean (days)	Median cost based on effective costs (€)∗	Mean cost based on effective costs (€)∗	Total costs (€)
Suspected preeclampsia without birth	36† (12)	3.0	4.5	5,225	6,300
Vaginal birth with preeclampsia	101 (34)	4.0	5.4	8,321	10,715
C-section birth with preeclampsia	164 (54)	6.0	7.8	14,010	17,094
All	301‡ (100)	5.0	6.6	8,102	9,504	4,112,399

^∗Inpatient costs were derived from registries for each hospital. ^†Of the 36 patients with suspected preeclampsia who did not give birth, three were admitted for only 24 hours. ^‡Seven women were excluded due to hospitalization after birth or abortion.