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Table 3 Individual and national economic burden of prematurity in Canada ($CAD), stratified by gestational age

From: The economic burden of prematurity in Canada

 

Gestational age at birth

All preterm infants (<37 weeks)

Early preterm (<28 weeks)

Moderately preterm (28–32 weeks)

Late preterm (33–36 weeks)

n = 27,308

n = 1,828

n = 4,685

n = 20,795

 

Total cost ($1,000,000)

Cost per infant ($)

Total cost ($1,000,000)

Cost per infant ($)

Total cost ($1,000,000)

Cost per infant ($)

Total cost ($1,000,000)

Cost per infant ($)

Delivery costs

16,722,919

612

1,057,377

578

2,920,146

623

12,745,395

613

Neonatal costs

374,121,486

13,700

97,833,950

53,520

198,164,090

42,298

78,123,447

3,757

Costs discharge to age two

94,081,058

3,445

16,963,439

9,280

30,793,148

6,573

46,324,421

2,228

Costs incurred ages two-four

        

   Medical

32,694,477

1,197

2,511,003

1,374

9,070,596

1,936

21,112,878

1,015

   Indirect

23,662,266

866

1,599,934

875

5,322,006

1,136

16,740,327

805

Costs incurred ages five to ten

        

   Medical

23,901,819

875

1,934,994

1,059

5,044,290

1,077

16,922,535

814

   sIndirect

21,899,601

802

1,429,570

782

4,272,425

912

16,197,606

779

Total costs

587,083,627

21,498

123,330,267

67,467

255,586,702

54,554

208,166,658

10,010

Total costs: PSA* 2.5th percentile

507,206,197

18,754

96,510,494

52,796

216,918,336

46,301

179,848,879

8,649

Total costs: PSA* 97.5th percentile

732,354,145

26,818

152,099,814

83,206

311,185,320

66,422

276,500,332

13,296

Total costs: Including prenatal costs, neonatal infrastructure, and special education

2,430,359,101

88,988

216,584,016

118,481

576,661,757

123,087

1,637,113,329

78,726

  1. *PSA = Probabilistic sensitivity analysis.