Cost of prenatal care of hypertensive pregnant women in university hospital of São Paulo

• Grant number: 12/15182-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: August 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Maternal and Child Health
• Principal Investigator: Jose Carlos Peraçoli
• Grantee: Luana Bassetto Martin
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FMB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Hypertensive disorders determine repeated hospitalizations, greater length of stay for control of blood pressure and its complications, increased rates of hospitalization in intensive care unit so for the mother and the newborn, with demand special care and specialized professionals, which increases hospital costs. The present study aims to identify and analyze the costs of care for hypertensive pregnant women treated at the Hospital of the Medical School of Botucatu - UNESP.(AU)