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Financial Burden of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pregnancy in a Tertiary Exclusive COVID-19 Maternity

Tina-Ioana Bobei
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Romina Marina Sima
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Gabriel-Petre Gorecki
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Anca Bobircă
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Mihai Popescu
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Bashar Haj Hamoud
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Liana Ples
Version 1 : Received: 8 May 2023 / Approved: 9 May 2023 / Online: 9 May 2023 (04:51:40 CEST)

How to cite: Bobei, T.; Sima, R.M.; Gorecki, G.; Bobircă, A.; Popescu, M.; Haj Hamoud, B.; Ples, L. Financial Burden of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pregnancy in a Tertiary Exclusive COVID-19 Maternity. Preprints.org 2023, 2023050568. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0568.v1 Bobei, T.; Sima, R.M.; Gorecki, G.; Bobircă, A.; Popescu, M.; Haj Hamoud, B.; Ples, L. Financial Burden of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pregnancy in a Tertiary Exclusive COVID-19 Maternity. Preprints.org 2023, 2023050568. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0568.v1

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on health systems around the globe and Romania is no exception. The impact on healthcare expense for pregnant women has been considerable, especially in COVID-only tertiary centers, where specialized care is being provided .The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on healthcare costs, in particular by managing cases in COVID-only maternity. Material and Methods: The objective of the study was to analyze if the model adopted by the health system consisting in complete separation of delivering obstetrical care for covid and non-covid patients was efficient. We conducted an observational study in which we compared a group of pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2 (study group) with a control group in which we included uninfected pregnant women. The patients were recruited from Bucur Maternity Hospital, declared a COVID-only center in march 2020. We compared the two groups in terms of expenses over the entire period of hospitalization, i.e. expense on hospitalization, medicines, medical supplies, and medical investigations.

Keywords

COVID-19; SARS-COV-2; pregnancy

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Biology and Biotechnology

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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