Table 2.

Description of activity and costs variables

Overall variable	Specific variable	Definition
Hospital costs	Bed days – inpatient	Number of days of hospitalization
	Contacts – outpatient	Number of contacts to hospital ambulatory (outpatient)
	Costs – inpatient	Total cost of hospitalization including both bed day costs and treatment costs.
	Costs – outpatient	Total cost of outpatient visits
Medicine costs, primary care medicine	Patient payment	Out of pocket payment
	Subsidized price (by region/health insurance)	Reimbursement by public insurance
	Total payment (price incl. VAT etc.)	Total cost of prescription medicine
Employment	Days of employment (standardized Full Time Equivalent (FTE))	Employment (only individuals with > 0 days of employment during treatment)
Sick benefits	Weeks of sick benefits	Number of weeks (min. 1 day a week) during treatment