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. 2022 Jun 23;55(8):1143–1155. doi: 10.1002/eat.23763

TABLE 1.

Price references

Category Reference price CPI index 2014–2021 CPI index 2019–2021 Final cost price (2021)
Intervention costs a
Featback (5 min researcher coordination per participant; hourly wage of €30.72) €2.56 1.025 €2.62
Expert‐patient support session (30 min per session; hourly wage of €22.31) €11.16 1.025 €11.44
Supervision costs per participant €21.38
Direct health care costs
General practitioner €33.00 1.095 €36.15
Dietician €33.00 1.095 €36.15
Psychologist, psychotherapist or psychiatrist–mental health care €98.00 1.095 €107.35
Psychologist, psychotherapist or psychiatrist ‐ independent €94.44 1.095 €103.45
Psychologist, psychotherapist or psychiatrist ‐ hospital €91.00 1.095 €99.68
Medical specialist €91.00 1.095 €99.68
Emergency department €259.00 1.095 €283.70
Day treatment ‐ mental health care €183.05
Hospitalization ‐ mental health care €302.36 1.095 €331.20
Hospitalization–hospital €476.00 1.095 €521.40
Indirect costs
Average gross hourly female wage €31.60 1.095 €34.61
Average gross hourly domestic worker wage €14.00 1.095 €15.34

Note: Dutch CPI indexes for 2021, 2019 and 2014 were 108.88, 106.2, and 99.4 respectively.

Abbreviation: CPI, cost price index.

a

Wages of the research coordinator, expert patient, and clinical psychologist (supervision) were based on the real wages during the conduct of the study.