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. 2016 Jul 15;16:94. doi: 10.1186/s12887-016-0632-8

Table 1.

Unit cost of healthcare resource use and loss of production in SEK 2011 level of prices

Healthcare resource use
Overnight (per night)
 The Children’s hospital 5758
 The Family house 556
Initial education (per hour)
 Paediatrician 936
 Diabetes nurse 547
 Dietician 468
 Social worker 515
Initial telephone support (per 15 min)
 Paediatrician 234
 Diabetes nurse 137
 Dietician 117
 Social worker 129
Outpatient visit (per visit)
 Paediatrician 1074
 Other healthcare professionals 430
Home/School visit (per visit) 1290
Group education (per occasion) 430
Emergency visit (per visit) 2010
Loss of production per day
Parent/Relative (months from diagnosis) Mean (SD)
 Fathers (0–1) 2852 (1373)
 Fathers (1–6) 2887 (1222)
 Fathers (6–12) 3602 (2950)
 Fathers (12–24) 4169 (4178)
 Mothers (0–1) 2038 (937)
 Mothers (1–6) 2121 (859)
 Mothers (6–12) 2189 (1017)
 Mothers (12–24) 2328 (947)
aRelatives (0–24) 1569

Note: Unit costs were obtained from the Swedish southern regional healthcare price list (year 2011)

Note: USD 1 = SEK 6.50, EUR 1 = SEK 9.03 (year 2011) average exchange rate www.riksbank.se

aBased on mean income in Sweden for men and for women