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. 2019 Mar 15;5:30. doi: 10.1038/s41394-019-0173-0

Table 2.

Classification of disciplines

Group of disciplines Included health service cost
Costs related to plastic surgery Costs of materialsa, drugsa and servicesb of plastic surgeons, surgery ward and anaesthesiology
Physical and rehabilitation medical costs Charges for timec of the medical doctors spent with and for the patient on the ward
Nursing costs Materiala, drugsa and servicesb of nursing personnel at the intensive care unit; costs for nursing timec spent with/for the patient on the ward
Therapies and counselling costs Costs of therapy servicesb of occupational therapy, physical and physio therapy, psychology, nutritional therapy, speech therapy, and social counselling; costs of materialsa used in occupational therapy or prepared for use at home
Additional medical consultations costs Costs of materialsa, drugsa or servicesb of inpatient pain service, neuro-urology, radiology, respicare, orthopaedics, interventional medicine, hand surgery and inpatient use of outpatient services
Ward costs Costs of bandagea and other materiala on the ward; laboratory servicesb performed exclusively on the ward; additional general servicesa applied on the ward by nurses (only nurse services not recorded in nursing minutes)
Laboratory costs Costs of internalb and externala laboratory services
Medicament costs Costs of drugsa,d provided on the ward by nursing personnel

aTotal purchase price

bIntegrated tariff model (ITAR_K) (Hplus, 2017, Internet) calculation

cCost rate per minute [47]

dPurchase price per unit