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Table 2.

Unit costs of service utilisation

Details User (n) Unit Unit Costs (in €) Sourcea Year
Psychiatric services inpatient Child and adolescent psychiatry 14 1 day 375.00 InEK GmbH [49] 2017
Psychiatric department of a general hospital 2 1 day 375.00 InEK GmbH [49] 2017
Paediatric clinic 2 1 day 375.00 InEK GmbH [49] 2017
Parent–child-cure 3 1 day 92.00 Vdek [50] 2017
Children’s protectory 1 1 day 172.20 Cooperative educational work [51] 2017
Psychiatric rehabilitation for children 1 1 day 179.45 German federal pension fund [52] 2017
Psychiatric day hospital 1 1 day 238.47 InEK GmbH [49] 2017
Psychiatric services outpatient Child and adolescent psychiatrist 28 10 min 26.54 KBV [28] 2017
Child and adolescent psychotherapist 28 50 min 88.56 KBV [28] 2017
Paediatrician 33 1 visit 20.32 KBV [28] 2017
GP 14 1 visit 20.32 KBV [28] 2017
Other outpatient Obesity intervention programme 1 90 min 85.53 City of Leipzig [53] 2018
Occupational therapist 15 45 min 34.82 KVBB [54] 2017
Physiotherapist 2 30 min 27.46 Buchner [55] 2011
Neurologist 1 1 visit 24.64 KBV [28] 2017
Osteopath 1 40 min 105.00 Osteopaths association [56] 2017
Homeopath 1 40 min 60.00 NAV-Virchow-association [57] 2013
Alternative practitioner 2 30 min 12.30 Association of alternative practitioners [58] 2002
Remedial teacher 2 60 min 50.87 Herzog [59] 2018
Speech therapist 8 45 min 35.91 KVBB [60] 2017
Orthodontist 1 1 visit 14.06 BZAEK [61] 2011
Endocrinologist 1 1 visit 17.48 KBV [28] 2017
Diabetologist 1 1 visit 17.48 KBV [28] 2017
Socio-paediatric centre 1 3 months 344.49 KJA-SPZ Berlin [62] 2018
Art therapy 1 90 min 100.00 Holzmann [63] 2018
Acupuncture 1 1 visit 11.66 Medical fee schedule [64] 2020
Child and youth services inpatient Assisted living for adolescents 1 1 day 141.10 Cooperative educational work [51] and Child protective services Leipzig [65] 2017
Assisted living for children 1 1 day 110.00 Child protective services Leipzig [65] 2018
Foster family (long-term) 2 1 day 30.51 Child protective services Günzburg [66] 2018
Foster family (short-term) 2 1 day 57.50 Child protective services Günzburg [66] 2018
Parent–child facility 1 1 day 75.00 Administrative district office Neu-Ulm [67] 2018
Child and youth services outpatient Socio-paedagogical family assistance 29 60 min 38.50 County council Pinneberg [68] 2010
Parent–child counselling centre 13 60 min 38.50 County council Pinneberg [68] 2010
Socio-paedagogical day-care 3 1 day 133.70 Klein-Jung [69] 2017
Child and adolescent emergency service 2 10 min 20.32 KBV [28] 2017
Nutrition counselling 1 60 min 80.00 Ziegert [70] and Conze [71] 2018 and 2018
Church counselling centre 2 60 min 38.50 County council Pinneberg [68] 2010
School help Classroom teacher 35 45 min 23.61 Holzapfel [72] 2018
Social worker 9 60 min 38.50 County council Pinneberg [68] 2010
Educational psychologist 6 50 min 88.56 KBV [28] 2017
School companion 1 45 min 27.00 Administrative District Office Günzburg [73] 2018
Kind of School Special needs school 15 1 day 51.45 State Ministry of Education of Saxony [74] 2016
Speech therapy school 2 1 day 51.45 State Ministry of Education of Saxony [74] 2016

aGlossary: InEK = National Institute for Hospital Reimbursement (Institut für Entgeltsysteme im Krankenhaus); vdek = Association of Health Insurance Companies; KBV = National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians; KVBB = Brandenburg Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians; BZAEK = German Federal Association of Dentists; KJA-SPZ = coordination centre of socio-paediatric care Berlin