Table 2.

Summary of the 36 PECUNIA Reference Unit Cost (RUC) estimates for health and social care services (in EURO, for year 2019).

No.	Country	Resource (Use) Item 1	Funding Source	Unit of Measurement	DESDE PECUNIA Code	Reference Unit Cost (EUR, 2019)	Representa-tiveness of RUC	Compatibility with PECUNIA RUM Instrument	Unit Cost Calculation Approach	Overall Certainty of RUC
01	Austria	Dental care	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1	94.99	National	✘	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
02	Austria	Dental care	Privately funded	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1	120.00	National	✘	Unknown	2 (medium)
03	Austria	Dental care	Representative average	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1	96.92	National	✔	Composite	2 (medium)
04	Austria	General practitioner	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] O8.1	31.80	National	✘	Top-down micro-costing	1 (high)
05	Austria	General practitioner	Privately funded	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] O8.1	45.45	National	✘	Unknown	2 (medium)
06	Austria	General practitioner	Representative average	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] O8.1	32.04	National	✔	Composite	1 (high)
07	Austria	Health-related day care centre	State/social insurance-funded	Per day	SH-NX [ICD-10] D4.1; SH-NX [F00-F99] D4.1; SS-NX [ICF] D4.1	78.93	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
08	Austria	Health-related support line, mental health	Other	Per contact	SH-NX [F00-F99] I1.2.4e	9.98	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	1 (high)
09	Austria	Nursing home	Representative average	Per night	SS-OX-R11; SH-AO [F00-F99] R11; SH-AO [ICF] R11	177.82	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	1 (high)
10	Germany	Dental care	Representative average	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1	112.53	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	1 (high)
11	Germany	General practitioner	Representative average	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] O8.1	22.68	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
12	Germany	Health-related day care centre	State/social insurance-funded	Per day	SH-NX [F00-F99] D4.1; SS-NX [ICF] D4.1	34.16	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
13	Germany	Health-related support line	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] I1.2.4e	9.92	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	1 (high)
14	Germany	Nursing home	State/social insurance-funded	Per night	SS-OX-R11; SH-AO [F00-F99] R11; SH-AO [ICF] R11	143.61	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
15	Spain	General practitioner	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] O8.1	20.44	Regional	✘	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
16	Spain	General practitioner	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] O8.1	46.43	National	✔	Unknown	3 (low)
17	Spain	Dental care (at primary care centre)	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	NX [ICD-10] O8.1-O10.1	49.68	Regional	✔	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
18	Spain	Health-related day care centre, mental health	State/social insurance-funded	Per day	SH AX [F0-F9] D4.1	69.00	Regional	✔	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
19	Hungary	Dental care	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1	23.79	Regional	✔	Top-down gross-costing	3 (low)
20	Hungary	Dental care—checkout	Privately funded	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1u + 2261.1 (ESCO)	18.19	Regional	✘	Top-down gross-costing	3 (low)
21	Hungary	Dental care—extraction	Privately funded	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1u	40.96	Regional	✘	Top-down gross-costing	3 (low)
22	Hungary	Dental care—filling	Privately funded	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1u	49.35	Regional	✘	Top-down gross-costing	3 (low)
23	Hungary	Dental care—small surgery	Privately funded	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1u	78.24	Regional	✘	Top-down gross-costing	3 (low)
24	Hungary	General practitioner	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] O8.1	6.82	Regional	✔	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
25	Hungary	Health-related day care centre, mental health	State/social insurance-funded	Per day	SH-NX [ICD-10] D4.1; SH-NX [F00-F99] D4.1; SS-NX [ICF] D4.1	35.79	Local	✔	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
26	Hungary	Health-related support line	Other	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] I1.2.4e	0.40	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	1 (high)
27	Hungary	Nursing home	State/social insurance-funded	Per night	SS-OX-R11; SH-AO [F00-F99] R11; SH-AO [ICF] R11	19.41	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	2 (medium)
28	The Netherlands	Dental care	Representative average	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1	42.40	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	1 (high)
29	The Netherlands	General practitioner	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] O8.1	35.24	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	1 (high)
30	The Netherlands	Health-related support line, mental health	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [F00-F99] I1.2.4e	14.89	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	1 (high)
31	The Netherlands	Nursing home	Representative average	Per night	SS-OX-R11; SH-AO [F00-F99] R11; SH-AO [ICF] R11	179.43	National	✔	Top-down gross-costing	1 (high)
32	England	Dental care	Representative average	Per contact	SH-NX [K00-K14] O8.1	75.76	National	✔	Top-down micro-costing	1 (high)
33	England	General practitioner	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10] O8.1	44.69	National	✔	Top-down micro-costing	1 (high)
34	England	Health-related day care centre, mental health	State/social insurance-funded	Per day	SH-NX [F00-F99] D4.1; SS-NX [ICF] D4.1	43.29	National	✔	Top-down micro-costing	1 (high)
35	England	Health-related support line	State/social insurance-funded	Per contact	SH-NX [ICD-10]-I1.2.4e	11.19	National	✔	Top-down micro-costing	1 (high)
36	England	Nursing home	State/social insurance-funded	Per night	SS-OX-R11; SH-AO [F00-F99] R11; SH-AO [ICF] R11	201.65	National	✔	Top-down micro-costing	1 (high)

Note: ¹ Resource use item definitions: Dental care: medical treatment and maintenance relating to the teeth; general practitioner: usually the first focal point for people with a health problem where basic care is provided and eventual referrals are coordinated; health-related day care centre: non-mental health-related: care or supervision provided during the day for ill persons by a voluntary organization/by a professional organization/by a social care facility, mental health-related: care or supervision provided during the day for mentally ill persons by a voluntary organization/by a professional organization/by a social care facility; health-related support line: a special phone and/or online service offering advice and support to people in distress.