如果你今年有生育的打算,你應(yīng)該清楚生育的大致成本。與生活中的主要支出一樣,生育成本取決于你生活在哪里。FAIR Health的育兒成本跟蹤器(Cost of Giving Birth Tracker)顯示,在美國,順產(chǎn)的中位數(shù)成本為12,968.44美元,剖腹產(chǎn)的中位數(shù)成本為15,555.61美元。
FAIR Health是一家位于紐約的非營利組織,致力于提高醫(yī)療成本透明度。其數(shù)據(jù)中包含了分娩(如用藥、護理、產(chǎn)房、醫(yī)療和手術(shù)用品、孕婦食宿等)、麻醉、胎兒無應(yīng)激試驗、超聲波檢查、實驗室工作和吸奶器等成本。
醫(yī)院系統(tǒng)內(nèi)順產(chǎn)中位數(shù)自費成本最高的州是阿拉斯加州,成本為21,525.77美元,其次是紐約州、新澤西州、康涅狄格州和馬薩諸塞州。醫(yī)院系統(tǒng)內(nèi)順產(chǎn)中位數(shù)自費成本最低的州是阿拉巴馬州,成本為7,840.62美元,其次是路易斯安納州、馬里蘭州、弗吉尼亞州和西弗吉尼亞州。
阿拉斯加州也是醫(yī)院系統(tǒng)內(nèi)剖腹產(chǎn)中位數(shù)成本最高的州,成本為25,518.63美元,中位數(shù)成本最低的阿拉巴馬州只有8,913.31美元。
生育成本高漲,導(dǎo)致許多人正在考慮放棄建立家庭。正如《財富》雜志之前的報道顯示,2015年的一項研究估計,考慮到教育、社會階級背景和人口統(tǒng)計等指標(biāo)后,背負(fù)60,000美元學(xué)生債務(wù)的女性生育的可能性,比無債務(wù)的同類女性低42%。隨著學(xué)生貸款債務(wù)增加,生育率持續(xù)下降,這為未來的人口老齡化和勞動力減少埋下了隱患。
社會學(xué)家阿里耶勒·庫珀伯格在2月對《財富》雜志稱:“經(jīng)濟狀況逐漸變成了你只能擁有一件東西,不能擁有一切。組建家庭、實現(xiàn)經(jīng)濟安全、取得大學(xué)學(xué)位或沒有太多債務(wù),你只能做到其中的某一項或兩項?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
如果你今年有生育的打算,你應(yīng)該清楚生育的大致成本。與生活中的主要支出一樣,生育成本取決于你生活在哪里。FAIR Health的育兒成本跟蹤器(Cost of Giving Birth Tracker)顯示,在美國,順產(chǎn)的中位數(shù)成本為12,968.44美元,剖腹產(chǎn)的中位數(shù)成本為15,555.61美元。
FAIR Health是一家位于紐約的非營利組織,致力于提高醫(yī)療成本透明度。其數(shù)據(jù)中包含了分娩(如用藥、護理、產(chǎn)房、醫(yī)療和手術(shù)用品、孕婦食宿等)、麻醉、胎兒無應(yīng)激試驗、超聲波檢查、實驗室工作和吸奶器等成本。
醫(yī)院系統(tǒng)內(nèi)順產(chǎn)中位數(shù)自費成本最高的州是阿拉斯加州,成本為21,525.77美元,其次是紐約州、新澤西州、康涅狄格州和馬薩諸塞州。醫(yī)院系統(tǒng)內(nèi)順產(chǎn)中位數(shù)自費成本最低的州是阿拉巴馬州,成本為7,840.62美元,其次是路易斯安納州、馬里蘭州、弗吉尼亞州和西弗吉尼亞州。
阿拉斯加州也是醫(yī)院系統(tǒng)內(nèi)剖腹產(chǎn)中位數(shù)成本最高的州,成本為25,518.63美元,中位數(shù)成本最低的阿拉巴馬州只有8,913.31美元。
生育成本高漲,導(dǎo)致許多人正在考慮放棄建立家庭。正如《財富》雜志之前的報道顯示,2015年的一項研究估計,考慮到教育、社會階級背景和人口統(tǒng)計等指標(biāo)后,背負(fù)60,000美元學(xué)生債務(wù)的女性生育的可能性,比無債務(wù)的同類女性低42%。隨著學(xué)生貸款債務(wù)增加,生育率持續(xù)下降,這為未來的人口老齡化和勞動力減少埋下了隱患。
社會學(xué)家阿里耶勒·庫珀伯格在2月對《財富》雜志稱:“經(jīng)濟狀況逐漸變成了你只能擁有一件東西,不能擁有一切。組建家庭、實現(xiàn)經(jīng)濟安全、取得大學(xué)學(xué)位或沒有太多債務(wù),你只能做到其中的某一項或兩項?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
If you’re planning to give birth this year, it may be helpful to know roughly how much it’ll cost you. As with many of life’s biggest expenses, the price depends on where you live. According to FAIR Health’s Cost of Giving Birth Tracker, the national median allowed value for in-network vaginal delivery is $12,968.44 and $15,555.61 for a C-section.
Data from FAIR Health, a New York–based nonprofit that promotes health care cost transparency, accounted for the delivery itself (e.g., pharmacy, nursery, labor and delivery room, medical and surgical supplies, room and board for the mother), anesthesia, fetal nonstress tests, ultrasounds, laboratory work, and breast pump.
The state with the highest median allowed in-network amount for vaginal deliveries is Alaska at $21,525.77, followed closely by New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The state with the lowest median allowed in-network cost for vaginal deliveries was Alabama at $7,840.62, followed by Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Alaska also had the highest median allowed in-network amount for C-sections at $25,518.63, whereas Alabama was the lowest at $8,913.31.
The cost of childbirth is so high that many people are considering forgoing starting families altogether. As previously reported in Fortune, a 2015 study estimated that women with $60,000 in student debt were 42% less likely to have children than their non-indebted peers, after controlling for education, class background, and demographic indicators. As student loan debt increases, birth rates continue to fall—setting the stage for an aging population and a smaller workforce in years to come.
“It's increasingly become an economic situation where you can have one thing, but not all the things,” sociologist Arielle Kuperberg told Fortune back in February. “Family, economic security, a college degree, or not a lot of debt—you can only get one or two of those.”