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Table 3.

Mean Delivery Costs in the Primary and Sensitivity Medicaid Analyses

	Primary analysis			Sensitivity analysis			Cost ratio difference^b
	No SMM	SMM	Cost ratio^a	No SMM	SMM	Cost ratio^a
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Cost ratio^a	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Cost ratio^a
Total	$3,797 ± 1,742	$7,552 ± 12,197	1.99	$7,677 ± 8,849	$15,210 ± 30,229	1.98	−0.01
Age, years
14–18	$3,681 ± 2,446	$6,319 ± 2,384	1.72	$6,597 ± 6,215	$9,455 ± 8,818	1.43	−0.29
19–24	$3,677 ± 1,398	$7,791 ± 17,727	2.12	$7,850 ± 9,068	$14,216 ± 26,424	1.81	−0.31
25–30	$3,774 ± 1,517	$6,742 ± 6,012	1.79	$7,746 ± 8,967	$15,035 ± 27,729	1.94	0.15
31–35	$3,971 ± 2,277	$7,626 ± 7,395	1.92	$7,421 ± 8,497	$16,757 ± 35,297	2.26	0.34
36–40	$4,167 ± 2,128	$8,907 ± 12,938	2.14	$7,455 ± 8,546	$16,879 ± 40,777	2.26	0.12
41–45	$4,314 ± 3,524	$9,981 ± 13,532	2.31	$7,562 ± 8,958	$13,723 ± 16,636	1.81	−0.50
>45	$4,303 ± 1,097	$6,597 ± 6,215	1.53	$7,413 ± 9,180	$11,656 ± 5,096	1.57	0.04
Delivery method
Cesarean	$4,787 ± 2,468	$8,592 ± 8,676	1.79	$10,013 ± 11,467	$16,844 ± 28,782	1.68	−0.11
Vaginal	$3,430 ± 1,186	$6,524 ± 14,837	1.90	$6,702 ± 7,273	$13,302 ± 31,743	1.98	0.08
Gestation type
Singleton	$4,911 ± 5,361	$13,648 ± 35,699	2.78	$10,658 ± 13,341	$14,259 ± 23,045	1.34	−1.44
Multifetal	$3,770 ± 1,463	$6,649 ± 6,950	1.76	$7,676 ± 8,721	$14,974 ± 30,659	1.95	0.19
Race/ethnicity
Black	$3,878 ± 1,653	$7,676 ± 15,202	1.98	$15,762 ± 14,467	$41,600 ± 60,365	2.64	0.66
Hispanic	$3,791 ± 2,071	$5,422 ± 3,048	1.43	$8,616 ± 9,565	$14,636 ± 28,981	1.70	0.27
Other	$3,973 ± 2,607	$11,548 ± 13,937	2.91	$5,674 ± 6,003	$9,929 ± 12,761	1.75	−1.16
White	$3,676 ± 1,594	$7,186 ± 8,073	1.96	$7,887 ± 9,601	$16,742 ± 24,568	2.12	0.16

^{^a}

Unadjusted cost ratio.

^{^b}

The cost ratio difference represents the difference between the sensitivity and primary analysis cost ratios.

SD, standard deviation.