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. 2020 Mar 17;22(3):e17921. doi: 10.2196/17921

Table 3.

Resource valuation per unit.

Cost category Monetary valuation
Direct medical costs (inpatient)

Hospital €593.04

Rehabilitation €121.85

Nursing €69.80
Direct medical costs (outpatient)

Hospital €385.48

Rehabilitation €46.68

Nursing €46.15
Direct medical costs (ambulant consultations)

General practitioner €20.06

Neurologist €44.72

Other specialists €34.73

Nurse €16.42

Physiotherapist €16.42

Psychologist €78.08

Occupational therapist €37.51

Optician €34.78

Speech therapist €38.59

Acupuncturist €18.24

Other alternative healing professionals €27.40
Direct medical costs (investigations/diagnostics)

Magnetic resonance imaging €120.21

Computed tomography €73.78

Lumbar puncture €38.90

Blood tests €1.10

Others €60.66
Direct medical costs (over-the-counter medication) Patient reported
Direct medical costs (disease-modifying therapy) See Table 4
Direct medical costs (medical consumables) Patient reported
Direct medical costs (home help/professional care) €27.57
Direct nonmedical costs

Equipment, aids, and modifications Patient reported

Informal care €21.09
Indirect costs

Sick leave €180.45

Disability pension (full year) €42,045.38