Table 2.

Assignment of cost items to cost domains

Domain	SHI	Patient
Total drug expenses	Antibiotic oinments	Topical treatment PAT
	Systemic medication
Non‐drug treatment costs	Diagnostics	Other remedies
	Compression therapy	Transportation
	Wound dressings
	Local oinments
	Other topical treatment
	Material required for dressing procedure (e.g. gloves)
Total treatment costs	Total drug expenses SHI	Total drug expenses PAT
	Non‐drug treatment costs SHI	Non‐drug treatment expenses PAT
	Outpatient fees
Total costs	Total treatment costs SHI	Total treatment costs PAT
		Copayments
	Hospital costs
Direct costs	Total costs SHI + total costs PAT
Indirect costs	Non‐professional dressing costs
Intangible costs	HrQoL

HrQoL, health‐related quality of life; SHI, statutory health insurances; PAT, patient.