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| − | Unit cost for hospital-based health care involving hospitalisation. Included in the cost are costs paid by the health service or covered by an insurance and any other out-of-pocket expenses paid by the person/family. | + | Unit cost for hospital-based health care involving hospitalisation. Included in the total unit cost are 1) resource costs i.e. medical costs paid by the health service or covered by an insurance and any other out-of-pocket expenses paid by the person/family, 2) opportunity costs i.e. cost in terms of lost productivity, and 3) disutility i.e. other social and economic costs including restrictions on or reduced enjoyment of leisure activities and discomfort or inconvenience to family members or others. |
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Contents
Scope
This includes a verbal definition of the spatial, temporal, and other limits (system boundaries) of the variable. The scope is defined according to the use purpose of the assessment(s) that the variable belongs to.
Unit cost for hospital-based health care involving hospitalisation. Included in the total unit cost are 1) resource costs i.e. medical costs paid by the health service or covered by an insurance and any other out-of-pocket expenses paid by the person/family, 2) opportunity costs i.e. cost in terms of lost productivity, and 3) disutility i.e. other social and economic costs including restrictions on or reduced enjoyment of leisure activities and discomfort or inconvenience to family members or others.
Dimensions and boundaries relevant for the variable
- Country
- Cause of hospitalisation
Definition
Data
Description of the data used for obtaining the value of the variable (e.g. measurement data; mathematical method and its parameters). Please include references (preferably using the <ref></ref> tags) and links to original data, as appropriate.
ExternE 2005[1]
Generic unit hospital health care cost for hospitalisation (year 2000 prices). Based on data from Netten & Curtis (2000)[2], Ready et al. (2004)[3]
| Country | €/inpatient day |
|---|---|
| Belgium | 241 |
| France | 375 |
| Germany | 321 |
| Italy | 256 |
| Netherlands | 390 |
| Spain | 345 |
| UK | 330 |
| Mean (EU) | 323 |
THL/STAKES
- Unit costs for health care in Finland 2006 (in finnish)[4]
- Unit costs for inpatient health care
- Average for somatic medicine
- 2713 €/hospitalisation period
- 3.8 days/hospitalisation period
- Internal medicine
- 2818 €/hospitalisation period
- 4.9 days/hospitalisation period
- Pulmonary medicine
- 2380 €/hospitalisation period
- 4.8 days/hospitalisation period
- Average for somatic medicine
Causality
List of upstream variables. The variables can be listed used descriptive (free-format) names or unambiguous identifiers (e.g. Analytica IDs).
Unit
Unit in which the result is expressed.
euro/inpatient day
Formula
Algebra or other explicit methods if possible (e.g. Analytica code between the ''<anacode></anacode>'' delimiters).
Result
If possible, a numerical expression or distribution.
See also
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References
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- ↑ European Commission 2005. ExternE, Externalities of Energy, Methodology 2005 Update. Bickel P & Friedrich R (Eds.)
- ↑ Netten A & Curtisl L (2000). Unit costs of Health and Social Care 2000. Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU)
- ↑ Ready R, Navrud S, Day B, Dubourg R., Machado F., Mourato S, Spanninks F & Rodriguez MXV (2004). Benefit Transfer in Europe: How Reliable Are Transfers Across Countries? Environmental & Resource Economics, 29: 67-82
- ↑ Hujanen T, Kapiainen S, Tuominen U & Pekurinen M (2008). Terveydenhuollon yksikkökustannukset Suomessa 2006. Stakesin työpapereita 3/2008. Sosiaali- ja terveysalan tutkimus- ja kehittämiskeskus.
