Table 1.
Data type, data source and PECUNIA Reference Unit Cost (RUC) Templates used for the 22 PECUNIA RUC estimates for Austria in health and social care, education, (criminal) justice, employment, and informal care
| No. | Resource (use) item (National language name) | Data type | PECUNIA Reference Unit Cost (RUC) Template used | Data source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |
Dental care (Zahnbehandlung) |
Secondary data | SERVICE‑2 short | Statistical Handbook of the Austrian Social Insurance Funds [43]; additional information on contacts per case received from Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions |
| 02 |
Dental care (Zahnbehandlung) |
Secondary data | Not used | Autonomous fee guidelines of the Austrian chamber of dentists [44] 2019/2020 according to § 19 (2) Zeile 5 Zahnärztekammergesetz (ZÄKG), per session (per hour): 60 min, assumption: average consultation with a ‘private’ dentist = 30 min |
| 03 |
Dental care (Zahnbehandlung) |
Secondary data | SERVICE‑2 short | Weighted average of unit cost estimates No. 01 and No. 02; weights: medical ambulatory care unit (Ärztlich ambulante Versorgungseinheit, ÄAVE, 2018). Weights based on Regiomed data provided by the Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions |
| 04 |
General practitioner (Allgemeinmedizinerkonsultation) |
Secondary data | SERVICE‑1 | Physicians’ cost statistics (Ärztekostenstatistik) 2015; share of overhead costs: Waldner (2001) [45]; direct-indirect time ratio and average length of consultation: Hoffmann et al. (2015) [46] |
| 05 |
General practitioner (Allgemeinmedizinerkonsultation) |
Secondary data | Other (see additional comments) | (Non-binding) price recommendations by the regional physicians’ chambers for non-contracted physicians from six federal states, average, for source see Mayer S et al. 2020 [47] |
| 06 |
General practitioner (Allgemeinmedizinerkonsultation) |
Secondary data | SERVICE‑1 | Weighted average of unit cost estimates No. 04 and No. 05; weights: medical ambulatory care unit (Ärztlich ambulante Versorgungseinheit, ÄAVE, 2018). Weights based on Regiomed data provided by the Main Association of Social Security Institutions |
| 07 |
Health-related day care centre (Teilstationäre Tagesbetreuung) |
Secondary data | SERVICE‑2 short | Statistik Austria, Care statitics (Pflegedienstleistungsstatistik) 2018; [48] |
| 08 |
Health-related support line, mental health (Notruf-Hotline für Kinder und Jugendliche – Rat auf Draht) |
Secondary data | SERVICE‑2 short | “Rat auf Draht” annual report 2019 [49]; for average length of phone contact: Rat auf Draht Jahresbericht 2018 [50] |
| 09 |
Nursing home (Stationäre Betreuungs- und Pflegedienste) |
Secondary data | SERVICE‑2 short | Bayerl N (2020) [51] |
| 10 |
Education services provided in a special education school (Sonderschule) |
Secondary data | SERVICE‑2 short | National education report Austria (Nationaler Bildungsbericht Österreich) 2018 [52], email communication with an author of the report |
| 11 | Educational therapy – primary school (Förderunterricht – Primärstufe) | Secondary data | SERVICE‑2 short | Austrian Court of Audit, General Report on Income (Rechnungshof Allgemeiner Einkommensbericht) 2018 [53]; email communication expert; relevant minimum number of students taken from the relevant law (Bundesrecht konsolidiert: Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Eröffnungs- und Teilungszahlenverordnung, Fassung vom 14.04.2014) |
| 12 | Educational therapy – secondary school (Förderunterricht – Sekundarstufe) | Secondary data | SERVICE‑2 short | Austrian Court of Audit, General Report on Income (Rechnungshof Allgemeiner Einkommensbericht) 2018 [53]; email communication with expert; relevant minimum number of students taken from the relevant law (Bundesrecht konsolidiert: Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Eröffnungs- und Teilungszahlenverordnung, Fassung vom 14.04.2014) |
| 13 | Incarceration in jail (Gefängnisaufenthalt) | Unknown | Not used | Federal Ministry of Justice (Bundesministerium für Justiz) (2016) [54]: Strafvollzug in Österreich, p. 41 |
| 14 | Police contact (Polizeikontakt) | Unknown | Not used | Federal law, consolidated: Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Sicherheitsgebühren-Verordnung 2022 [55] |
| 15 | Police contact (Polizeikontakt) | Unknown | Not used | Federal law, consolidated: Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Sicherheitsgebühren-Verordnung 2022 [55] |
| 16 | Property damage – Car (Sachbeschädigung – Auto) | Secondary data | TANGIBLE CONSEQUENCES | Austrian Insurance Association, Annual Report (Österreichischer Versicherungsverband, Jahresbericht) 2018 [56], damage and benefit cases, p. 105 and p. 136 |
| 17 | Absenteeism/presenteeism (Absentismus/Präsentismus) | Secondary data | Not used | Statistik Austria, labor cost statistics (Arbeitskostenstatistik) [57] |
| 18 | Friction period (Friktionsperiode) | Secondary data | PRODUCTIVITY LOSS | Public Employment Service (Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich): Arbeitsmarktlage 2019 [58] |
| 19 | Unpaid work (Unbezahlte Arbeit) | Secondary data | PRODUCTIVITY LOSS | Statistik Austria, Personal income, 2020 [59] |
| 20 | Unpaid work (Unbezahlte Arbeit) | Primary data | PRODUCTIVITY LOSS | Search on online platform to find household help: 2020 Haushaltshilfe24 [60] |
| 21 | Retirement age (Pensionsantrittsalter) | Unknown | Not used | Information by the Pension Insurance Institution, 2020 [61] |
| 22 | Informal care (Informelle Pflege) | Primary data | PERSONAL TIME | Online search for the prices from 10 regional providers; access date 24 April 2020; links to the providers available upon request |