Objective:
Describe the direct costs of labor/childbirth related to nurse care in the obstetric practice of Birth Center.
Methods:
Type of Study: Economic Evaluation in Health with the perspective of the Sistema Único de Saúde as a managing organization. There were 161 medical records evaluated of women who had prenatal care in 2010, excluding from those, the ones who did not give birth in the Unit.
Results:
In the analysis, it was described and measured the resources related to the direct costs with delivery care. According to the results, the direct costs of labor/birth are 352.50 reais, each pregnant woman. The human resources computed the greatest costs.
Conclusion:
The Birth Center presented lower costs if compared to the amount designated to birth by the municipal budget.
Health Expenditures; Humanizing Delivery; Women's Health; Obstetric Nursing