Highlights ■ Micro-costing showed high per-admission costs (US$ 1,427.70) for maternal near miss. ■ Reimbursement values (US$ 973) underestimate true hospital costs. ■ Brazil’s economic burden estimated at US$ 86 million (2019). ■ Most maternal near miss events stem from preventable causes. ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to estimate the hospital costs of maternal near miss cases from both the institutional and Brazilian Public Health System perspectives in a reference maternitiy hospital. Methods: This cost-of-illness study used primary data collected […]
