%0 Journal Article
%T Care cost for pregnant and parturient women with diabetes and mild hyperglycemia
%A Cavassini
%A Ana Claudia Molina
%A Lima
%A Silvana Andrea Molina
%A Calderon
%A Iracema Mattos Paranhos
%A Rudge
%A Marilza Vieira Cunha
%J Revista de Sa¨²de P¨²blica
%D 2012
%I Universidade de S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S0034-89102012005000009
%X objective: to compare inpatient and outpatient care costs for pregnant/parturient women with diabetes and mild hyperglycemia. methods: a prospective observational quantitative study was conducted in the perinatal diabetes center in the city of botucatu, southeastern brazil, between 2007 and 2008. direct and indirect costs and disease-specific costs (medications and tests) were estimated. thirty diet-treated pregnant women with diabetes were followed up on an outpatient basis, and 20 who required insulin therapy were hospitalized. results: the cost of diabetes disease (prenatal and delivery care) was us$ 3,311.84 for inpatients and us$ 1,366.04 for outpatients. conclusions: direct and indirect costs as well as total prenatal care cost were higher for diabetic inpatients while delivery care costs and delivery-postpartum hospitalization were similar. prenatal and delivery-postpartum care costs were higher for these patients compared to those paid by brazilian national health system.
%K pregnant women
%K hyperglycemia
%K diabetes [gestational]
%K diabetes [economics]
%K health care costs
%K perinatal care [economics]
%K postpartum period.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-89102012000200016&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en