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Table 1 Unit costs of providing an antenatal lifestyle intervention for women who are overweight/obese

From: The cost-effectiveness of providing antenatal lifestyle advice for women who are overweight or obese: the LIMIT randomised trial

Item

Unit Cost (Australian dollars)

Antenatal Clinic Visit (Doctor or Midwife)*

$217

Antenatal General Practitioner Visit+

$70.30

Antenatal Anaesthetic Visit*

$184

Antenatal Physician Visit*

$217

Diabetes Educator Visit*

$217

Provision Lifestyle Intervention*

$195

  1. Service encounters collected from the trial data for all women randomised.
  2. Unit costs were derived from the hospital cost databases (*) and the Medicare Benefits Schedule (+). Patient-level costings were available for all inpatient episodes.
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BMC Obesity

ISSN: 2052-9538

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