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. 2012 Nov 1;12:283. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-283

Table 1.

Unit health resource costs and lost productivity

Resource Unit cost (€)
Health resources
Medical visits
 
Primary care
22.74
Emergency room
115.23
Specialist
102.36
Hospitalization (one day)
314.61
ICU (one day)
532.92
Complementary tests
Laboratory tests
21.86
Conventional radiology
18.14
Diagnostic/therapeutic tests
36.45
Pharmacological treatments
RPM
Productivity
Cost per lost workday 54.65

Source of health resources: analytical accounting. Values expressed as means in euros.

RPM: Retail Price of Medicines at the time of prescription.