The risk management nurse is reviewing labor and delivery statistics over the last 2 years in an effort to decrease costs of maternity care. What finding contributes to increased healthcare costs in clients undergoing cesarean birth by request?
1. Prolonged anemia, requiring blood transfusions every few months
2. Increased abnormal placenta implantation in subsequent pregnancies
3. Decreased use of general anesthesia with greater use of epidural anesthesia
4. Coordination of career projects of both partners leading to increased income
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Explanation:
1. This is not a complication of cesarean birth by request.
2. Placenta implantation problems are more common after cesarean birth and increase healthcare costs because of the high-risk care and testing required.
3. Which anesthesia method is used is not a significant factor in healthcare costs of cesarean birth by request. The need for anesthesia, use of the operating suite, equipment use, personnel, and other factors are more responsible for greater costs of cesarean birth compared with vaginal birth.
4. The income of the couple does not affect healthcare costs directly.
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