Unit value of hospital admissions

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Unit cost for hospital-based health care involving hospitalisation. Included in the cost are costs paid by the health service or covered by an insurance and any other out-of-pocket expenses paid by the person/family.

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Country
Cause of hospitalisation

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ExternE 2005^[1]

Generic unit hospital health care cost for hospitalisation (year 2000 prices). Based on data from Netten & Curtis (2000)^[2], Ready et al. (2004)^[3]

Country	€/inpatient day
Belgium	241
France	375
Germany	321
Italy	256
Netherlands	390
Spain	345
UK	330
Mean (EU)	323

THL/STAKES

Unit costs for health care in Finland 2006 (in finnish)^[4]

Unit costs for inpatient health care

Generic
- 2713 €/hospitalisation period
- 3.8 days/hospitalisation period
Internal medicine
- 2818 €/hospitalisation period
- 4.9 days/hospitalisation period
Pulmonary medicine
- 2380 €/hospitalisation period
- 4.8 days/hospitalisation period

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Unit

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euro/inpatient day

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↑ European Commission 2005. ExternE, Externalities of Energy, Methodology 2005 Update. Bickel P & Friedrich R (Eds.)
↑ Netten A & Curtisl L (2000). Unit costs of Health and Social Care 2000. Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU)
↑ Ready R, Navrud S, Day B, Dubourg R., Machado F., Mourato S, Spanninks F & Rodriguez MXV (2004). Benefit Transfer in Europe: How Reliable Are Transfers Across Countries? Environmental & Resource Economics, 29: 67-82
↑ Hujanen T, Kapiainen S, Tuominen U & Pekurinen M (2008). Terveydenhuollon yksikkökustannukset Suomessa 2006. Stakesin työpapereita 3/2008. Sosiaali- ja terveysalan tutkimus- ja kehittämiskeskus.

[1] European Commission 2005. ExternE, Externalities of Energy, Methodology 2005 Update. Bickel P & Friedrich R (Eds.)

[2] Netten A & Curtisl L (2000). Unit costs of Health and Social Care 2000. Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU)

[3] Ready R, Navrud S, Day B, Dubourg R., Machado F., Mourato S, Spanninks F & Rodriguez MXV (2004). Benefit Transfer in Europe: How Reliable Are Transfers Across Countries? Environmental & Resource Economics, 29: 67-82

[4] Hujanen T, Kapiainen S, Tuominen U & Pekurinen M (2008). Terveydenhuollon yksikkökustannukset Suomessa 2006. Stakesin työpapereita 3/2008. Sosiaali- ja terveysalan tutkimus- ja kehittämiskeskus.

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