Table 1.
Unit costs used in the costing of resources in 2016 US$
| Resource item | Unit cost (US$) | Source |
| Health and healthcare use (per visit) | ||
| General practitioner | 204.15 | Stockholm County Council |
| General practitioner (phone consultation) | 73.72 | Sweden’s municipalities and counties |
| Nurse, counsellor, physiotherapist, dietitian, psychologist community health/private practice, alternative/complementary medicine* | 68.05 | Sweden’s municipalities and counties |
| Specialist practitioner | 376.77 | Sweden’s municipalities and counties |
| Psychologist at CAMHS† | 335.49 | Stockholm County Council |
| Medical technology staff | 104.91 | Västerbotten County Council |
| Others | 68.05 | Own estimates |
| Medication | ||
| Pharmaceuticals (eg, laxatives, analgesics) | Individual product prices | Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency of Sweden |
| Prescription-free medication (dietary supplements) | Individual product prices | Market price from Swedish pharmacy chain (www.apoteket.se) |
| Productivity losses | ||
| Cost per child/day at school | 73.77 | Own estimate based on Swedish National Agency for Education |
| Average wage/hour in Sweden‡ | 30.56 | Statistics Sweden |
| Average care of sick child in Sweden | 24.44 | Statistics Sweden |
| Cost of leisure time/hour* | 10.69 | 35% of average wage/hour in Sweden by Johannesson et al 25 |
| Intervention cost | ||
| Online platform maintenance cost (per adolescent) | 69.61 | Project documentation |
| i-CBT therapist average wage (per hour)‡ | 34.56 | Statistics Sweden |
*For example, reflexology, chiropractor.
†Unit cost for a hospital-based CAMHS psychologist.
‡Includes social fees of 31.42%. All costs uprated to 2016 US$.
CAMHS, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services; i-CBT, internet-delivered cognitive–behavioural therapy.