Table 2 Characteristics of the cohort of ART and no ART deliveries before and after matching
From: Determinants of the economic burden of ART on the Italian NHS: insights from the Lombardy region
| Â | Pre matching | Post matching | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ART n = 22,326 | No ART n = 489,082 | p-value | ART n = 22,326 | No ART n = 22,326 | p-value | ||
Age (mean) | 35.1 | 29.7 | < 0.001 | 35.1 | 35.1 | 0.03 | |
Municipality of residence | MI | 17% | 12% | < 0.001 | 17% | 17% | 0.5 |
Provinces | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | |||
Other | 75% | 80% | 75% | 75% | |||
Civil status: married | 76% | 61% | < 0.001 | 76% | 78% | < 0.001 | |
Education level mother: degree | 45% | 34% | < 0.001 | 45% | 45% | 0.46 | |
Education level father: degree | 33% | 23% | < 0.001 | 33% | 32% | 0.02 | |
Empolyment status mother: employed | 85% | 75% | < 0.001 | 85% | 85% | 0.39 | |
Employment status father: employed | 98% | 96% | < 0.001 | 98% | 98% | 0.44 | |
Nationality: Italian | 88% | 79% | < 0.001 | 88% | 88% | 0.39 | |
Type of pregnancy: multiple | 17% | 1% | < 0.001 | 17% | 17% | 0.05 | |
Multiple abortions: more than two | 7% | 3% | < 0.001 | 7% | 9% | < 0.001 | |
Previous healthcare costs (mean) | 4447€ | 514€ | < 0.001 | 4447€ | 3548€ | < 0.001 | |
Multicomorbidity score: greater than 1 | 29% | 16% | < 0.001 | 29% | 32% | < 0.001 | |