Unit value of hospital admissions

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Unit cost for hospital-based health care involving hospitalisation. Included in the total unit cost are 1) resource costs i.e. medical costs paid by the health service or covered by an insurance and any other out-of-pocket expenses paid by the person/family, 2) opportunity costs i.e. cost in terms of lost productivity, and 3) disutility i.e. other social and economic costs including restrictions on or reduced enjoyment of leisure activities and discomfort or inconvenience to family members or others.

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  • Country
  • Cause of hospitalisation

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ExternE 2005[1]

Generic unit resource 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
    • Average for somatic medicine
      • 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

Causality

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Unit

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euro/inpatient day

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  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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