Objective: To identify cost-opportunity that Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia (HNCH) presents for spontaneous normal vaginal deliveries. Design: Descriptive, transversal, observational study. Setting:Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Material: Clinical charts of patients attended for non complicated vaginal deliveries. Interventions: Clinical charts of 2 700 normal vaginal deliveries attended from January through December 2007 were reviewed and distributed according to mode of financing either by Sistema Integral de Salud (SIS) or by pocket payment; also SIS rejected cases were considered. Statistical analysis was done with commercial software. Main outcome measures: Shadow cost, costopportunity by SIS, pocket expense, cases rejected by SIS. Results: The total cost for spontaneous normal vaginal deliveries attended at HNCH was S/. ...

Objective: To identify cost-opportunity that Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia (HNCH) presents for spontaneous normal vaginal deliveries. Design: Descriptive, transversal, observational study. Setting:Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Material: Clinical charts of patients attended for non complicated vaginal deliveries. Interventions: Clinical charts of 2 700 normal vaginal deliveries attended from January through December 2007 were reviewed and distributed according to mode of financing either by Sistema Integral de Salud (SIS) or by pocket payment; also SIS rejected cases were considered. Statistical analysis was done with commercial software. Main outcome measures: Shadow cost, costopportunity by SIS, pocket expense, cases rejected by SIS. Results: The total cost for spontaneous normal vaginal deliveries attended at HNCH was S/. ...