We used multiple regression to estimate the differences in total cost between the settings for birth and to adjust for potential confounders, including maternal age, parity, ethnicity, understanding of English, marital status, BMI, index of multiple deprivation score, parity, and gestational age at birth, which could each be associated with planned place of birth and with adverse outcomes.12 For the generalised linear model
on costs, we selected a γ distribution and
identity link function in preference to alternative distributional forms and link functions
on the basis of its low Akaike's information criterion (AIC)
statistic.
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