Table 6: Number of cases of chronic disease prevented and dollars saved through administration of ACS to hypothetical late-preterm birth cohort, assuming base-case estimates and late-preterm birth rate approximately 331,500 infants.

Outcomes No ACS with labor (Reference) ACS with labor Chronic respiratory disease Cases () 23205 19956 Case prevented () Reference 3249 Cost saved ($ millions) Reference 55.3 Neurodevelopmental delay Cases () 816 522 Cases prevented () Reference 294 Cost saved ($ millions) Reference 78.0 Death in childhood Cases () 2128 1447 Cases prevented () Reference 681 Cost saved ($ millions) Reference 32.9

ACS: antenatal corticosteroids.