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Table 4.

Overview of cost sources for Italy

Item Source
Name Publisher Description Access and update Comment
Physicians: consultations, visits, outpatient procedures
Consultations (including home visits) and outpatient procedures for GPs and specialists Nomenclatore tariffario regionale Regional and provincial health authorities Coding of and tariffs for outpatient procedures performed by physicians

Free, online at respective websites, e.g. for Bolzano (provinz.bz.it/gesundheit-leben/gesundheit/downloads/1_Prestazioni_di_specialistica_ambulatoriale_ex_DM_22.07.1996.pdf) or Emilia-Romagna (salute.regione.emilia-romagna.it/documentazione/leggi/regionali/dgr-2127–2016/delibere-specialistica)

Updated regularly but frequency dependent on respective region/province

Ambulance transport and emergency treatment
EMS Sanita24 Sanita24 Cost of land rescue

Free, online at sanita24.ilsole24ore.com/art/regioni-e-aziende/2015–02-12/emergenza-fiaso-ecco-costi-113448.php?uuid = AbcvOTBL

Last updated in 2015

Used in recent literature, e.g. Giorda et al. 2017, Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
Ambulance transportation Tariffario per trasporti socio-sanitari non urgenti Croce Rossa Italiana (Italian Red Cross) Tariffs (flat rates) for transports of different distances

Free, online at cri-itri.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Clicca-qui-per-scaricare-le-nostre-tariffe-2016.pdf

Last updated in 2016

Emergency department Progetto Mattoni SSN: pronto soccorso e Sistema 118 SSN Assessment of emergency department costs

Free, online at mattoni.salute.gov.it/mattoni/documenti/11_Valutazione_costi_dell_emergenza.pdf

Last updated in 2007

Used in recent literature, e.g. Giorda et al. 2017, Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
Hospitalization
Hospital, including ICU Tariffe DRG Regional and provincial health authorities Coding of and tariffs for inpatient procedures

Free, online at respective websites, e.g. for Bolzano (provinz.bz.it/gesundheitswesen/download/delibera_228__13_02_2012.pdf) or Emilia-Romagna (salute.regione.emilia-romagna.it/siseps/sanita/sdo/files/allegato_3_TARIFFE_DRG.xls/view)

Updated regularly but frequency dependent on respective region/province

Medication (drugs and consumables)
Drugs Liste di trasparenza e rimborsabilità AIFA List of drugs (with prices) reimbursed by SSN

Free, online at www.agenziafarmaco.gov.it/content/liste-di-trasparenza-e-rimborsabilit%C3%A0

Update regularly

Association of SSN-affiliated pharmacies (Federfarma) provides public prices (federfarma.it/Farmaci-e-farmacie/Cerca-un-farmaco.aspx)
Consumables Costi unitari dispositivi medici Regional and provincial health authorities List of unit costs for consumables

Free, online at respective websites, e.g. for ASST Garda (asst-garda.it/amministrazione-trasparente/costi-unitari-dei-dispositivi-medici/) or for ASST Bergamo Est (bolognini.bg.it/ITA/Default.aspx?SEZ = 1&PAG = 100)

Updated regularly but frequency dependent on respective region/province

List of medical devices available provided by the Ministry of Health (www.dati.salute.gov.it/dati/dettaglioDataset.jsp?menu=dati&idPag=1)
Intangible costs
Wages Average wage OECD Annual average wage and hours worked data

Free, online at https://data.oecd.org/earnwage/average-wages.htm and https://data.oecd.org/emp/hours-worked.htm

Updated regularly

Data provided in US dollars for all countries, which increases comparability

AIFA, Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco; ASST, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territorial; DRG, Diagnosis-Related Group; EMS, Emergency Medical Services; GP, General Practitioner; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; Istat, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica; OECD, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; SSN, Servizio Sanitario Nazionale