The Cost of Home Birth in the United States
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Region | N | Mean | Min | Max | Median | Mode | SD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West | 21 | 4714 | 3500 | 8000 | 4500 | 3500 | 1037 |
Midwest | 41 | 3976 | 2000 | 6050 | 4000 | 4500 | 936 |
Northeast | 20 | 5299 | 2000 | 9000 | 5025 | 4800 | 1740 |
Southeast | 32 | 4958 | 2000 | 9921 | 4350 | 4000 | 1702 |
Southwest | 10 | 4805 | 2950 | 7500 | 4600 | 4200 | 1418 |
United States | 129 | 4650 | 2000 | 9921 | 4400 | 4000 | 1413 |
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Anderson, D.A.; Gilkison, G.M. The Cost of Home Birth in the United States. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 10361. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910361
Anderson DA, Gilkison GM. The Cost of Home Birth in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(19):10361. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910361
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnderson, David A., and Gabrielle M. Gilkison. 2021. "The Cost of Home Birth in the United States" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 19: 10361. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910361