Research Article

The Costs and Their Determinant of Cesarean Section and Vaginal Delivery: An Exploratory Study in Chongqing Municipality, China

Table 1

Distribution of different modes of delivery.

CategorySumVaginal deliveryCS

Sum
Year
 20117713 (25.57%)2391 (21.94%)5322 (27.62%)213.370.000
 201210462 (34.68%)3612 (33.15%)6850 (35.54%)
 201311993 (39.75%)4894 (44.91%)7099 (36.84%)
Areas
 Rural15640 (51.84%)5270 (48.36%)10370 (53.81%)82.800.000
 Urban14528 (48.16%)5627 (51.64%)8901 (46.19%)
Age
 20–2410101 (33.48%)4169 (38.25%)5932 (30.78%)743.890.000
 25–2912869 (42.66%)5070 (46.53%)7799 (40.47%)
 30–345414 (17.95%)1349 (12.38%)4065 (21.10%)
351784 (5.91%)309 (2.84%)1475 (7.65%)
Medical insurance
 URBMI3869 (12.83%)1546 (14.19%)2323 (12.05%)88.140.000
 UEBMI2665 (8.83%)1050 (9.64%)1615 (8.38%)
 NCMS15432 (51.15%)5062 (46.45%)10370 (53.82%)
 Others8202 (27.19%)3239 (29.72%)4963 (25.75%)
Length of stay
 1–3819 (2.72%)771 (7.08%)48 (0.25%)1767.990.000
 4–825335 (83.98%)9397 (86.23%)15938 (82.70%)
 9–123129 (10.37%)585 (5.37%)2544 (13.20%)
13885 (2.93%)144 (1.32%)741 (3.85%)