Induction of labour versus expectant management for prelabour rupture of the membranes at term: an economic evaluation
| Table 3: Median cost per patient and cost difference between treatment arms* | |||||||
| Unit cost estimates | Management strategy | Pairwise comparisons (and p values) | |||||
| IwO | IwP | EM-O | EM-P | IwO v. EM-O | IwP v. EM-P | IwO v. IwP | |
| Canada, Can$ | |||||||
| Base | 3056 | 3102 | 3170 | 3142 | -114 (0.004) | -40 (0.9321) | -46 (0.0217) |
| Low | 2025 | 2056 | 2077 | 2070 | -52 (0.0152) | -14 (0.4316) | -31 (0.0103) |
| High | 4152 | 4214 | 4317 | 4284 | -165 (0.0028) | -70 (0.845) | -62 (0.0346) |
| United Kingdom, £ | |||||||
| Base | 1110 | 1173 | 1223 | 1203 | -113 (0.0001) | -30 (0.368) | -63 (0.0004) |
| Low | 705 | 747 | 779 | 759 | -74 (0.0001) | -12 (0.6949) | -42 (0.0003) |
| High | 1516 | 1598 | 1674 | 1646 | -158 (0.0001) | -48 (0.2554) | -82 (0.0004) |
| Australia, A$ | |||||||
| Base | 2191 | 2240 | 2221 | 2237 | -30 (0.0342) | 3 (0.4369) | -49 (0.0084) |
| Low | 1630 | 1671 | 1654 | 1666 | -24 (0.0439) | 5 (0.3524) | -41 (0.01) |
| High | 2751 | 2802 | 2789 | 2797 | -38 (0.0262) | 5 (0.492) | -51 (0.0064) |