Utilization cost of maternity services for childbirth among pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 in Nigeria's epicenter.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate utilization costs of spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) and cesarean delivery (CD) for pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the largest teaching hospital in Lagos, the pandemic's epicenter in Nigeria.

Methods

We collected facility-based and household costs of all nine pregnant women with COVID-19 managed at the hospital. We compared their mean facility-based costs with those paid by pregnant women pre-COVID-19, identifying cost-drivers. We also estimated what would have been paid without subsidies, testing assumptions with a sensitivity analysis.

Results

Total utilization costs ranged from US $494 for SVD with mild COVID-19 to US $4553 for emergency CD with severe COVID-19. Though 32%-66% of facility-based cost were subsidiz

SUBMITTER: Banke-Thomas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9087483 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature