Table 1 Costs per unit healthcare resource used in the economic evaluation of behavioural graded activity (year 2003).
| Healthcare resource (unit) | Cost per unit (€) |
|---|---|
| General practice consultation | |
| General practitioner (visit) | 20.20 |
| Physiotherapist (session) | 22.75 |
| Manual therapist (session) | 31.46 |
| Outpatient attendance | |
| Polyclinic care (visit) | 56.00 |
| Specialist care (visit) | 98.00 |
| Diagnostic procedures | |
| x Ray | 39.00 |
| MRI | 255.29 |
| CT scan | 98.00 |
| Hospital inpatient stay | |
| Hospital admission (day) | 337.00 |
| Replacement knee | 1962.42 |
| Replacement hip | 2061.68 |
| Other | |
| Absenteeism paid labour (h) | 34.98* |
| Absenteeism unpaid labour (h) | 8.30† |
| Professional home care (h) | 21.70 |
| Informal care (h) | 8.30† |
CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
*Average cost per hour according to the friction cost method. In the analysis, sex‐dependent and age‐dependent costs are used.
†Shadow price, being equal to the hour price for cleaning work.