Table 3.
Overview of mean costs for the health care system in one year.
| Severity 1 | Severity 2 | Severity 3 + 4 | All Patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Visits | Mean Costs (EUR) | Mean Visits | Mean Costs (EUR) | Mean Visits | Mean Costs (EUR) | Mean Visits | Mean Costs (EUR) | |
| GP | 9.69 | 198.67 | 13.26 | 229.79 | 16.70 | 278.34 | 13.21 | 238.64 |
| House call GP | 0.04 | 2.00 | 0.10 | 4.40 | 0.08 | 4.20 | 0.12 | 6.27 |
| Emerg. service | - | - | 0.10 | 2.06 | 0.14 | 2.94 | 0.12 | 3.90 |
| ENT specialist | 3.87 | 233.71 | 4.63 | 273.24 | 6.33 | 364.86 | 4.96 | 292.33 |
| ENT clinic | 3.56 | 396.52 | 2.54 | 198.50 | 1.67 | 147.10 | 2.59 | 249.48 |
| Neurologist | 0.53 | 60.77 | 0.59 | 47.56 | 1.67 | 196.89 | 0.93 | 101.55 |
| Audiologist | 1.07 | 413.56 | 1.12 | 345.85 | 1.35 | 446.51 | 1.17 | 401.47 |
| Psychiatrist/ | 2.00 | 188.86 | 3.51 | 352.24 | 4.05 | 367.38 | 3.15 | 299.13 |
| Psychotherapist | 0.89 | 37.40 | 1.46 | 85.93 | 0.56 | 18.07 | 0.96 | 46.20 |
| Occupat. thera. | 0.27 | 17.53 | 0.05 | 3.21 | 0.56 | 44.02 | 0.29 | 21.72 |
| Dentist | 0.31 | 27.84 | 1.07 | 82.12 | 1.12 | 80.89 | 0.82 | 62.53 |
| Physiotherapist | 5.07 | 206.36 | 6.78 | 251.61 | 11.07 | 387.81 | 7.58 | 280.14 |
| Social worker | - | - | - | - | 0.70 | 5.99 | 0.23 | 1.99 |
| Medical officer | 0.09 | 0.60 | 0.15 | 0.99 | 0.14 | 0.94 | 0.14 | 0.94 |
| Others | 0.3 | 28.88 | 0.92 | 159.12 | 0.81 | 340.49 | 0.75 | 173.48 |
| Prescr. Drugs * | 0.17 | 25.98 | 0.18 | 19.57 | 0.31 | 39.26 | 0.22 | 28.28 |
| Complete costs | 27.68 | 1838.69 | 36.46 | 2056.20 | 47.27 | 2725.69 | 38.92 | 2206.95 |
* for details on prescribed drugs refer to Table 4.