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. Preprints2023, 2023050568. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0568.v1
APA Style
Bobei, T., Sima, R.M., Gorecki, G., Bobircă, A., Popescu, M., Haj Hamoud, B., & Ples, L. (2023). Financial Burden of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pregnancy in a Tertiary Exclusive COVID-19 Maternity. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0568.v1
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Bobei, T., Bashar Haj Hamoud and Liana Ples. 2023 "Financial Burden of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pregnancy in a Tertiary Exclusive COVID-19 Maternity" Preprints. 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
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