Table 2.

Assessment of the resource used

Resource type	Assessment tool	Assessment method	Sources consulted
Physical therapy sessions	Physical therapist report	Wage rates	Physical therapy board fee schedule
Medications, visits to doctors and/or health professionals of the public and private health systems, hospital stay, visits to emergency medical services	Questionnaires every three months	Published prices (costs for public and private health systems) and/or actual costs to participants	Pharmaceutical websites and medical services fee schedule
Visits to community or alternative services or alternative health professionals	Questionnaires every three months	Actual costs to participants	Health services fee schedule
Loss of productivity (assessed for hours of lost work)	Questionnaires every three months	Average wage in the state of Sao Paulo per hour for women and men	Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics website
Transport, public or private, for the use of each resource	Questionnaires every three months	Values of bus and subway tickets and fuel in the year in the state of Sao Paulo.	Sptrans, metrosp, national agency for oil, natural gas and biofuels websites