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Costs were assessed by taking into account maternal origin and delivery type.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We performed a cross-sectional study of all deliveries in a teaching hospital to mothers living in its catchment area between October 2006 and September 2007. A process cost analysis based on a full cost accounting system was performed. The main information sources were the primary care program for sexual and reproductive health, and hospital care and costs records. Partial and total costs were compared according to maternal origin and delivery type. A regression model was fit to explain the total cost of the childbirth process as a function of maternal age and origin, prenatal care, delivery type, maternal and neonatal severity, and multiple delivery.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The average cost of childbirth was 4,328\u20ac, with an average of 18.28 contacts between the mother or the newborn and the healthcare facilities. The delivery itself accounted for more than 75% of the overall cost: maternal admission accounted for 57% and neonatal admission for 20%. Prenatal care represented 18% of the overall cost and 75% of overall acts. The average overall cost was 5,815\u20ac for cesarean sections, 4,064\u20ac for vaginal instrumented deliveries and 3,682\u20ac for vaginal non-instrumented deliveries (p &lt; 0.001). The regression model explained 45.5% of the cost variability. The incremental cost of a delivery through cesarean section was 955\u20ac (an increase of 31.9%) compared with an increase of 193\u20ac (6.4%) for an instrumented vaginal delivery. The incremental cost of admitting the newborn to hospital ranged from 420\u20ac (14.0%) to 1,951\u20ac (65.2%) depending on the newborn's severity. Age, origin and prenatal care were not statistically significant or economically relevant.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Neither immigration nor prenatal care were associated with a substantial difference in costs. The most important predictors of cost were delivery type and neonatal severity. Given the impact of cesarean sections on the overall cost of childbirth, attempts should be made to take into account its higher cost in the decision of performing a cesarean section.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6963-11-77","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,5,24]],"date-time":"2011-05-24T06:17:15Z","timestamp":1306217835000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Descriptive analysis of childbirth healthcare costs in an area with high levels of immigration in Spain"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Merc\u00e8","family":"Comas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Catal\u00e0","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Sala","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antoni","family":"Pay\u00e0","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Assumpci\u00f3","family":"Sala","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elisabeth","family":"Del Amo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xavier","family":"Castells","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesc","family":"Cots","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,4,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"1602_CR1","volume-title":"Health at a glance 2009: OECD indicators","author":"Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)","year":"2009","unstructured":"Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Health at a glance 2009: OECD indicators. 2009, Paris: OECD Publishing"},{"key":"1602_CR2","first-page":"21","volume":"15","author":"JW Henderson","year":"1994","unstructured":"Henderson JW: The cost effectiveness of prenatal care. 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