Table 1 Expected maternal and neonatal care costs used in the economic modelling (based on annual data from Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare reports [37,38,39])

From: Economic evaluation of the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio for the short-term prediction of preeclampsia in a Japanese cohort of the PROGNOSIS Asia study

Cost type

Cost, JPY

Maternal care

 Outpatienta

57,053

 Hospitalization (per day)

87,300

 sFlt-1/PlGF ratio test

9000

Neonatal care

 Maternal corticosteroid treatment

1752

 NICU stay (per day)

101,302

  1. JPY Japanese yen, NICU neonatal intensive care unit, PlGF placental growth factor, sFlt-1 soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1
  2. aOutpatient costs were calculated for every woman entering the model, including those who were hospitalized, as it was assumed that hospitalized women would also be treated in an outpatient setting at some stage
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